Improving door-to-balloon times in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: The value of an audit-driven quality initiative

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 568-572

  Charles, Rabind A ^a   Shiou, Liang Wee ^b   Kwok, Bernard W K ^c   Tan, Caren ^b   Swee, Han Lim ^a   Anantharaman, Venkataraman ^a   Hemanthakumari, Wasantha ^a   Chua, Terrance S J ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Quality indicators; ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART REINFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TEAMWORK; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49449098367     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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