From STEMI to occlusion MI: paradigm shift and ED quality improvement

Jesse T T McLaren^{1

2

3}, H Pendell Meyers⁴, Stephen W Smith⁵, Lucas B Chartier^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. jesse.mclaren@gmail.com.
² Emergency Department, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. jesse.mclaren@gmail.com.
³ Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, R. Fraser Elliott Building, Ground Floor, Room 480, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada. jesse.mclaren@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Centre and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁶ Emergency Department, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Jesse T T McLaren et al. CJEM. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;24(3):250-255.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00255-z. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

Jesse T T McLaren^{1

2

3}, H Pendell Meyers⁴, Stephen W Smith⁵, Lucas B Chartier^{6

7}

¹ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. jesse.mclaren@gmail.com.
² Emergency Department, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. jesse.mclaren@gmail.com.
³ Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, R. Fraser Elliott Building, Ground Floor, Room 480, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada. jesse.mclaren@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Centre and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁶ Emergency Department, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Electrocardiography; Emergency Department; Quality Improvement; ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Conflict of interest statement

All authors report no conflict of interest.

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