Achievement of a median door-to-balloon time of less than 90 minutes by implementation of organizational changes in the 'Emergency Department to Cath Lab' pathway: A 5-year analysis

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 788-792

  Comelli, Ivan ^a   Vignali, Luigi ^a   Rolli, Angelo ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

avoidable delay; door to balloon; myocardial infarction; PCI; reperfusion; STEMI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; DOOR TO BALLOON TIME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863328636     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01673.x     Document Type: Article

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