The benefits of moving quality to a national level

Editorial

Robert M Califf. Am Heart J. 2008 Dec.

. 2008 Dec;156(6):1019-22.

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.09.005. Epub 2008 Nov 5.

No abstract available

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Trends in presenting characteristics and hospital mortality among patients with ST elevation and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006.
Rogers WJ, Frederick PD, Stoehr E, Canto JG, Ornato JP, Gibson CM, Pollack CV Jr, Gore JM, Chandra-Strobos N, Peterson ED, French WJ. Rogers WJ, et al. Am Heart J. 2008 Dec;156(6):1026-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.030. Epub 2008 Nov 1. Am Heart J. 2008. PMID: 19032996
Trends in reperfusion strategies, door-to-needle and door-to-balloon times, and in-hospital mortality among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction enrolled in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006.
Gibson CM, Pride YB, Frederick PD, Pollack CV Jr, Canto JG, Tiefenbrunn AJ, Weaver WD, Lambrew CT, French WJ, Peterson ED, Rogers WJ. Gibson CM, et al. Am Heart J. 2008 Dec;156(6):1035-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.029. Epub 2008 Nov 1. Am Heart J. 2008. PMID: 19032997
Trends in quality of care for patients with acute myocardial infarction in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006.
Peterson ED, Shah BR, Parsons L, Pollack CV Jr, French WJ, Canto JG, Gibson CM, Rogers WJ. Peterson ED, et al. Am Heart J. 2008 Dec;156(6):1045-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.028. Epub 2008 Nov 1. Am Heart J. 2008. PMID: 19032998

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