Ethnic minorities exhibit reduction in door-to-balloon time comparable to whites with a newly-implemented emergency physician activation protocol (code-stemi)

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 506-510

  Al Dehneh, Anthony ^a   Parikh, Rupen ^a   Hamdan, Aiman ^a   Konlian, Donna ^a   Faillace, Robert ^a   DeBari, Vincent A ^a   Jimenez, Edward ^a   Bikkina, Mahesh ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Code STEMI protocol; Door to balloon time; Serial activation protocol; ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ASIAN AMERICANS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 72649083205     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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