Prehospital 12-Lead ECG to Triage ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Emergency Department Activation of the Infarct Team Significantly Improves Door-to-Balloon Times | Zendy

Adam Hutchison | Zendy; Yuvaraj Malaiapan | Zendy; I. C. Jarvie | Zendy; Bill Barger | Zendy; Edward Watkins | Zendy; George Braitberg | Zendy; Tony Kambourakis | Zendy; James D. Cameron | Zendy; Ian T. Meredith | Zendy

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Prehospital 12-Lead ECG to Triage ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Emergency Department Activation of the Infarct Team Significantly Improves Door-to-Balloon Times

Author(s) -

Adam Hutchison,

Yuvaraj Malaiapan,

I. C. Jarvie,

Bill Barger,

Edward Watkins,

George Braitberg,

Tony Kambourakis,

James D. Cameron,

Ian T. Meredith

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular interventions

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621

H-Index - 95

eISSN - 1941-7632

pISSN - 1941-7640

DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.109.892372

Subject(s) - medicine , triage , door to balloon , emergency department , myocardial infarction , interquartile range , emergency medicine , cardiology , cath lab , conventional pci , nursing

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines recommend >75% of patients with an ST-elevation myocardial infarction receive primary percutaneous coronary interventions (PPCI) within 90 minutes. Despite these recommendations, this goal has been difficult to achieve.

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