How can we optimize the processes of care for acute coronary syndromes to improve outcomes?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 622-631.e2

  Wallentin, Lars ^a   Kristensen, Steen Dalby ^b   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^c   Tubaro, Marco ^d   Sendon, José Luis Lopez ^e   Granger, Christopher B ^f   Bode, Christoph ^g   Huber, Kurt ^h   Bates, Eric R ⁱ   Valgimigli, Marco ^j   Steg, Philippe Gabriel ^k   Ohman, E Magnus ^f,l  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^l DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY PREVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84908313481     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.07.006     Document Type: Review

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