Improving Door-to-balloon Time by Decreasing Door-to-ECG time for Walk-in STEMI Patients

Introduction: The American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines recommend rapid door-to-electrocardiography (ECG) times for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Previous quality improvement research at our institution revealed that we were not meet...

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Main Authors: Coyne, Christopher J., Testa, Nicholas, Desai, Shoma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2014-12-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/503452nd