Implications of the Failure to Identify High-Risk Electrocardiogram Findings for the Quality of Care of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction | Zendy

Frederick A. Masoudi | Zendy; David J. Magid | Zendy; David R. Vinson | Zendy; Albert J. Tricomi | Zendy; Ella E. Lyons | Zendy; Laurie Crounse | Zendy; P. Michael Ho | Zendy; Pamela N. Peterson | Zendy; John S. Rumsfeld | Zendy

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Implications of the Failure to Identify High-Risk Electrocardiogram Findings for the Quality of Care of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Author(s) -

Frederick A. Masoudi,

David J. Magid,

David R. Vinson,

Albert J. Tricomi,

Ella E. Lyons,

Laurie Crounse,

P. Michael Ho,

Pamela N. Peterson,

John S. Rumsfeld

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.623652

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , emergency department , odds ratio , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , aspirin , heart failure , cardiology , emergency medicine , psychiatry

The impact of misinterpretation of the ECG in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the emergency department (ED) setting is not well known. Our goal was to assess the prevalence of the failure to identify high-risk ECG findings in ED patients with AMI and to determine whether this failure is associated with lower-quality care.

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