1. Impact of the implementation of hospital work processes on reduced door-to-balloon time
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Edson Elviro Alves, Ubirajara Lima Filho, Fernando Carvalho Neuenschwander, Antônio Carlos Mansur Bedeti, Raimundo Antônio de Melo, Ricardo Wang, Henrique Augusto Becho de Campos, Marcus Vinicius de Freitas Moreira, Augusto Lima Filho, Manoel Augusto Baptista Esteves, and Renato Rocha Rabello
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Percutaneous coronary intervention ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Internal medicine ,Conventional PCI ,medicine ,Door-to-balloon ,Cardiology ,Myocardial infarction ,Symptom onset ,business ,Artery - Abstract
Introduction: The time interval between symptom onset and coronary artery reperfusion for ST-elevation myocardial infarction is directly related to patient morbidity and mortality. The guidelines stipulate that door-to-balloon time, i.e., the time spent between hospital arrival and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), must not exceed 90 minutes. Few hospitals achieve this goal. Thus, the objective of the present study was to assess the efficacy of the implementation of hospital work processes with respect to reducing the door-to-balloon time. Methods: Two [...]
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- 2017
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