Clinical Review
Electrocardiogram Timing in Patients Presenting to a VA Emergency Department with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Fed Pract. 2010 April;27(4):41
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José Escabí-Mendoza, MD and Raul Oviedo-Linares, MD
Dr. Escabí-Mendoza is a staff cardiologist and the director of the coronary care unit and the Chest Pain Center and Dr. Oviedo-Linares is a cardiology resident, both at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System, San Juan, PR. In addition, Dr. Escabí Mendoza is an assistant professor at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
After their VA medical center instituted a program to improve early ECG performance in patients with symptoms of acute myocardial infarction, these researchers conducted a study to find out how many ECGs still were delayed and why.