Improvement in door-to-balloon times in management of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction STEMI through the initiation of 'Code AMI'

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 714-718

  Ahmar, W ^a   Quarin, T ^a   Ajani, A ^a   Kennedy, M ^a   Grigg, L ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Door to balloon times; Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; RETEPLASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COUNTERPULSATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THERAPY DELAY; TIME MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54949110894     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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