Impact of prehospital electrocardiogram protocol and immediate catheterization team activation for patients with ST-elevation-myocardial infarction

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Nov 1;4(6):640-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.961433.

Authors

David M Nestler¹, Roger D White, Charanjit S Rihal, Lucas A Myers, Christine M Bjerke, Ryan J Lennon, Jeffery L Schultz, Malcolm R Bell, Bernard J Gersh, David R Holmes Jr, Henry H Ting

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA..

PMID: 22085984
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.961433

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty*
Cardiac Catheterization*
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Electrocardiography / methods
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
Patient Care Team
Prospective Studies
Quality of Health Care
Time Factors*
Transportation of Patients