A Campaign to Improve the Timeliness of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction—Executive Summary

2004 • 8,563 citations

Primary angioplasty versus intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: a quantitative review of 23 randomised trials

2003 • 4,290 citations

ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

2004 • 1,265 citations

Relationship of Symptom-Onset-to-Balloon Time and Door-to-Balloon Time With Mortality in Patients Undergoing Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial Infarction

2000 • 1,229 citations

Strategies for Reducing the Door-to-Balloon Time in Acute Myocardial Infarction

2006 • 825 citations

Effect of Door-to-Balloon Time on Mortality in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

2006 • 760 citations

Relationship Between Delay in Performing Direct Coronary Angioplasty and Early Clinical Outcome in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

1999 • 574 citations

National Use and Effectiveness of β-Blockers for the Treatment of Elderly Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction

1998 • 511 citations

Quality of Care in U.S. Hospitals as Reflected by Standardized Measures, 2002–2004

2005 • 437 citations

Achieving Rapid Door-To-Balloon Times

2006 • 272 citations

Hospital Improvement in Time to Reperfusion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, 1999 to 2002

2005 • 233 citations

Aspirin for Secondary Prevention after Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly: Prescribed Use and Outcomes

1996 • 214 citations

Achieving Door-to-Balloon Times That Meet Quality Guidelines

2005 • 209 citations

Aspirin in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries

1995 • 192 citations

Get with the guidelines.

2000 • 190 citations

National Patterns of Use and Effectiveness of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Older Patients With Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction

2004 • 176 citations

Relation of time to treatment and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary angioplasty

2002 • 169 citations

Quality of Care for Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure

1997 • 159 citations

Importance of time to reperfusion on outcomes with primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction (results from the Stent Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Trial)

2001 • 133 citations

Early β-Blocker Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Patients

1999 • 106 citations

Determinants of Appropriate Use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors After Acute Myocardial Infarction in Persons ≥65 Years of Age

1997 • 74 citations

Summary of Evidence Regarding Hospital Strategies to Reduce Door-to-Balloon Times for Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

2007 • 64 citations

Door-to-drug and door-to-balloon times: Where can we improve? Time to reperfusion therapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

2006 • 64 citations

Development of Systems of Care for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients

2007 • 60 citations