National Efforts to Improve Door-to-Balloon Time. Results From the Door-to-Balloon Alliance

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2423-2429

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^b   Herrin, Jeph ^c   Ting, Henry H ^d   Stern, Amy F ^e   Nembhard, Ingrid M ^a   Yuan, Christina T ^a   Green, Jeremy C ^a   Kline Rogers, Eva ^f   Wang, Yongfei ^c   Curtis, Jeptha P ^c   Webster, Tashonna R ^a,g   Masoudi, Frederick A ^h   Fonarow, Gregg C ⁱ   Brush Jr , John E ^j   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,c,k  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^h DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Sentara Cardiovascular Research Institute   (United States)

^k YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; hospitals; quality collaborative; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71949106748     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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