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In the treatment of STEMI, '''door-to-balloon time''' is the amount of time that passes from the moment a patient enters the emergency room to when the patient receives a congratulatory "Get Well Soon!" balloon from an interventional cardiologist<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/10/ben-carson-2/ Ben Carson: Heart Attack Victims Could Have Survived If They Cathed Own Coronaries]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/03/anginal-equivalent/ No Matter the Symptom, Local Cardiologist Pretty Convinced It's an Anginal Equivalent]</ref> signaling successful reperfusion. According to the ACC/AHA guidelines, the goal '''door-to-balloon time''' is less than 90 minutes and if more than one balloon is provided all the better.
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