A multifaceted intervention to narrow the evidence-based gap in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes: Rationale and design of the Brazilian Intervention to Increase Evidence Usage in Acute Coronary Syndromes (BRIDGE-ACS) cluster-randomized trial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Berwanger, Otávio ^a   Guimarães, Hélio P ^a   Laranjeira, Ligia N ^a   Cavalcanti, Alexandre B ^a   Kodama, Alessandra ^a   Zazula, Ana Denise ^a   Santucci, Eliana ^a   Victor, Elivane ^a   Flato, Uri A ^a   Tenuta, Marcos ^a   Carvalho, Vitor ^a   Mira, Vera Lucia ^a   Pieper, Karen S ^b   Mota, Luiz Henrique ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Lopes, Renato D ^b,c  

^a HCor Research Institute Hospital Do Coração   (Brazil)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE;

EID: 84858326739     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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