Primary angioplasty in Portugal: Door-to-balloon time is not a good performance index

EuroIntervention

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages P121-P125

  Pereira, Hélder ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Primary angioplasty; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PORTUGAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; AGED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; TIME TO TREATMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PORTUGAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904794065     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV8SPA21     Document Type: Article

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