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                    " Improving Door-to-balloon Time by Decreasing Door-to-ECG time for Walk-in STEMI Patients "
                     
                    Coyne, Christopher J.; Testa, Nicholas; Desai, Shoma; Lagrone, Joy; Chang, Roger; Zheng, Ling; Kim, Hyung
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
 
            
                
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                        AL
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                        933659
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                        LA503452nd
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                        English
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                         Coyne, Christopher J.; Testa, Nicholas; Desai, Shoma; Lagrone, Joy; Chang, Roger; Zheng, Ling; Kim, Hyung
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                        Improving Door-to-balloon Time by Decreasing Door-to-ECG time for Walk-in STEMI Patients [Article]\  Coyne, Christopher J.; Testa, Nicholas; Desai, Shoma; Lagrone, Joy; Chang, Roger; Zheng, Ling; Kim, Hyung
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                        Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
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                        16/1
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                        2015
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                        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 meeting this benchmark for walk-in STEMI patients. The objective is to investigate whether simple, directed changes in the emergency department (ED) triage process for potential cardiac patients could decrease door-to-ECG times and secondarily door-to-balloon times.
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