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Time to consider a STEMI sleepover?: Measuring the “value” of an in‐house STEMI team
Author(s) -
Sharma Rahul,
Henry Timothy D.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.26085
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , value (mathematics) , key (lock) , medical emergency , emergency medicine , myocardial infarction , statistics , ecology , mathematics , biology
Key Points This study demonstrates that the presence of an in‐hospital STEMI team significantly reduces D2B times PCI centers should consider the “value” (outcomes relative to cost) of an in‐house STEMI team Larger studies are required to assess the cost effectiveness and clinical effectiveness attributable to an in‐house STEMI team