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- Title
The dissociation between door-to-balloon time improvement and improvements in other acute myocardial infarction care processes and patient outcomes.
- Authors
Wang, Tracy Y; Fonarow, Gregg C; Hernandez, Adrian F; Liang, Li; Ellrodt, Gray; Nallamothu, Brahmajee K; Shah, Bimal R; Cannon, Christopher P; Peterson, Eric D
- Abstract
Recent initiatives have focused on reducing door-to-balloon (DTB) times among patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. However, DTB time is only one of several important AMI care processes. It is unclear whether quality efforts targeted to a single process will facilitate concomitant improvement in other quality measures and outcomes.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2009, Vol 169, Issue 15, p1411
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinternmed.2009.223