Missed opportunities for reperfusion therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Results of the Emergency Department Quality in Myocardial Infarction (EDQMI) study

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 471-477

  Tricomi, Albert J ^a   Magid, David J ^b,c   Rumsfeld, John S ^b,c,d   Vinson, David R ^e   Lyons, Ella E ^b   Crounse, Laurie ^b   Ho, P Michael ^b,c,d   Peterson, Pamela N ^b,c,f   Masoudi, Frederick A ^b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CARE UNITS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39149125836     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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