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Achieving rapid door-to-balloon times: how top hospitals improve complex clinical systems

April 3, 2006   Categories: New articles  Posted by admin

Fewer than half of patients with ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) are treated within guideline-recommended door-to-balloon times; however, little information is available about the approaches used by hospitals that have been successful in improving door-to-balloon times to meet guidelines. We sought to characterize experiences of hospitals with outstanding improvement in door-to-balloon time during 1999-2002.

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