Emergency Department Physician Activation of the Catheterization Laboratory and Immediate Transfer to an Immediately Available Catheterization Laboratory Reduce Door-to-Balloon Time in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction | Zendy

Umesh N. Khot | Zendy; Michele L. Johnson | Zendy; Curtis Ramsey | Zendy; Monica B. Khot | Zendy; Randall Todd | Zendy; Saeed R. Shaikh | Zendy; William J. Berg | Zendy

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Emergency Department Physician Activation of the Catheterization Laboratory and Immediate Transfer to an Immediately Available Catheterization Laboratory Reduce Door-to-Balloon Time in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Author(s) -

Umesh N. Khot,

Michele L. Johnson,

Curtis Ramsey,

Monica B. Khot,

Randall Todd,

Saeed R. Shaikh,

William J. Berg

Publication year - 2007

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.106.677401

Subject(s) - medicine , door to balloon , emergency department , myocardial infarction , cardiac catheterization , percutaneous coronary intervention , balloon , emergency medicine , coronary care unit , chest pain , surgery , nursing , primary angioplasty

Consensus guidelines and hospital quality-of-care programs recommend that ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients achieve a door-to-balloon time of < or = 90 minutes. However, there are limited prospective data on specific measures to significantly reduce door-to-balloon time.

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