Shortening of Median door-to-balloon time in primary percutaneous coronary intervention in Singapore by simple and inexpensive operational measures: Clinical practice improvement program

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 414-423

  Lee, Chi Hang ^a,b   Ooi, Shirley B S ^b   Tay, Edgar L ^b   Low, Adrian F ^a,b   Teo, Swee Guan ^b   Lau, Cindy ^a   Tai, Bee Choo ^c   Lim, Irene ^b   Lam, Susan ^b   Lim, Ing Haan ^d   Chai, Ping ^b   Tan, Huay Cheem ^b  

^a Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOBILE PHONE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52749088877     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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