A randomized clinical trial to reduce patient prehospital delay to treatment in acute coronary syndrome.

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Published in Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes on October 06, 2009

Authors

Kathleen Dracup1, Sharon McKinley, Barbara Riegel, Debra K Moser, Hendrika Meischke, Lynn V Doering, Patricia Davidson, Steven M Paul, Heather Baker, Michele Pelter

Author Affiliations

1: University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. kathy.dracup@nursing.ucsf.edu

Associated clinical trials:

An Intervention to Reduce Prehospital Delay to Treatment in Acute Coronary Syndrome (PROMOTION) | NCT00734760

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