A report of quality improvement in the care of patients with acute coronary syndromes

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Cannon, Christopher P ^a   Hoekstra, James W ^b   Larson, David M ^c   Karcher, Rachel Bongiorno ^d   Mencia, William A ^d   Berry, Carolyn A ^e   Stowell, Stephanie A ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Ridgeview Medical Center   (United States)

^d Med IQ   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; CME; NSTEMI; Quality improvement; STEMI

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952402083     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e318204eb8b     Document Type: Article

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