Open AccessRetrospective Description and Analysis of Consecutive Catheterization Laboratory ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Activations With Proposal, Rationale, and Use of a New Classification Scheme
Author(s) -
Timothy A. Mixon,
Eunice Suhr,
Gerald Caldwell,
Robert Greenberg,
Fernando Colato,
Jeffry Blackwell,
ChanHee Jo,
Gregory Dehmer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular quality and outcomes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.692
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1941-7713
pISSN - 1941-7705
DOI - 10.1161/circoutcomes.111.961672
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , classification scheme , elevation (ballistics) , cardiac catheterization , st segment , cardiology , retrospective cohort study , radiology , computer science , information retrieval , mathematics , geometry
Rapid activation of a cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) has reduced door-to-balloon times in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), leading to lower mortality. This process is accelerated with prehospital electrocardiography and notification. False activations of the CCL occur at an unknown rate and have been poorly described.
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