The management of acute myocardial infarction in the cardiological intensive care units in Italy: The ‘BLITZ 4 Qualità’ campaign for performance measurement and quality improvement

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-152

  Olivari, Zoran ^a   Steffenino, Giuseppe ^b   Savonitto, Stefano ^c   Chiarella, Francesco ^d   Chinaglia, Alessandra ^e   Lucci, Donata ^f   Maggioni, Aldo P ^f   Pirelli, Salvatore ^g   Scherillo, Marino ^h   Scorcu, Giampaolo ⁱ   Tricoci, Pierluigi ^j   Urbinati, Stefano ^k  

^a OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^b A O S Croce e Carle   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^g CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h AO G Rummo   (Italy)

ⁱ BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990394453     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872612450520     Document Type: Article

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