Improving door-to-balloon time by decreasing door-to-ECG time for walk-in STEMI patients.

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Published in West J Emerg Med on December 09, 2014

Authors

Christopher J Coyne1, Nicholas Testa1, Shoma Desai1, Joy Lagrone2, Roger Chang2, Ling Zheng2, Hyung Kim1

Author Affiliations

1: Los Angeles County/University of Southern California, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California.
2: Los Angeles County/University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

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