Heart disease and stroke statistics—2014 update: a report from the American Heart Association

AS Go, D Mozaffarian, VL Roger, EJ Benjamin… - circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Improving post-stroke recovery: the role of the multidisciplinary health care team

DJ Clarke, A Forster - Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Stroke is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability, the effects of which may be
prolonged with physical, emotional, social, and financial consequences not only for those …

2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart …

PT O'Gara, FG Kushner, DD Ascheim, DE Casey… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
1.1. Methodology and Evidence Review The recommendations listed in this document are,
whenever possible, evidence based. The current document constitutes a full revision and …

Heart disease and stroke statistics—2012 update: a report from the American Heart Association

Writing Group Members, VL Roger, AS Go… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Heart disease and stroke statistics—2011 update: a report from the American Heart Association

VL Roger, AS Go, DM Lloyd-Jones, RJ Adams… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

System delay and mortality among patients with STEMI treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention

CJ Terkelsen, JT Sørensen, M Maeng, LO Jensen… - Jama, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Context Timely reperfusion therapy is recommended for patients with ST-segment elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI), and door-to-balloon delay has been proposed as a …

Prognostic implications of door‐to‐balloon time and onset‐to‐door time on mortality in patients with ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary …

J Park, KH Choi, JM Lee, HK Kim… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background In patients with ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction, timely reperfusion
therapy with door‐to‐balloon (D2B) time< 90 minutes is recommended by the current …

Improving door-to-needle times in acute ischemic stroke: the design and rationale for the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Target: Stroke …

GC Fonarow, EE Smith, JL Saver, MJ Reeves… - Stroke, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—The benefits of intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator
(tPA) in acute ischemic stroke are time-dependent, and guidelines recommend a door-to …

'Matching Michigan': a 2-year stepped interventional programme to minimise central venous catheter-blood stream infections in intensive care units in England

J Bion, A Richardson, P Hibbert, J Beer… - BMJ quality & …, 2013 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Bloodstream infections from central venous catheters (CVC-BSIs) increase
morbidity and costs in intensive care units (ICUs). Substantial reductions in CVC-BSI rates …

What distinguishes top-performing hospitals in acute myocardial infarction mortality rates? A qualitative study

LA Curry, E Spatz, E Cherlin, JW Thompson… - Annals of internal …, 2011 - acpjournals.org
Background: Mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) vary
substantially across hospitals, even when adjusted for patient severity; however, little is …