Improving door-to-balloon time by decreasing door-to-ECG time for walk-in STEMI patients

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 190-194

  Coyne, Christopher J ^a   Testa, Nicholas ^a   Desai, Shoma ^a   Lagrone, Joy ^b   Chang, Roger ^b   Zheng, Ling ^b   Kim, Hyung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Door to balloon; Door to ECG; Emergency medicine; Quality improvement; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TESTIS TORSION; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84921664043     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.10.23277     Document Type: Article

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