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Guideline-adherence regarding critical time intervals in the German Chest Pain Unit registry.
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care
February 2020
Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany.
Background: Since 2008, the German Cardiac Society certified 256 Chest Pain Units (CPUs). Little is known about adherence to recommended performance measures in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) presenting to CPUs. We investigated guideline-adherence regarding critical time intervals and selected performance measures in German Chest Pain Units.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCardiac Computed Tomography in Certified German Chest Pain Units.
Crit Pathw Cardiol
March 2016
From the *Department of Cardiology, Arnsberg Medical Center, Arnsberg, Germany; †Institute for Myocardial Infarction Research, Ludwigshafen, Germany; ‡CCB, Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; §Medical Clinic I, Städtische Kliniken Neuss, Lukaskrankenhaus GmbH, Neuss, Germany; ¶Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology, Municipal Hospital Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; ‖2nd Department of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; **3rd Department of Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; ††Department of Cardiology, Pneumology, Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Neuperlach, Städtisches Klinikum München GmbH, Munich, Germany; ‡‡Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; §§2nd Department of Medicine, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany; ¶¶Department of Cardiology, Herz- und Gefäß-Klinik GmbH, Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, Germany; ‖‖University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany; ***Department of Cardiology, Catholic Clinics Essen-Northwest, Essen, Germany; and †††2nd Department of Medicine, HELIOS Kreiskrankenhaus Gotha/Ohrdruf, Gotha, Germany.
Objective: The German Cardiac Society runs a nation-wide certification campaign for specialized chest pain units (CPUs). So far, cardiac computed tomography (CT) is not an integral part of such certification. The aim of our study was to analyze whether or not cardiac CT is nevertheless routinely used for further stratification in low-risk patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOn versus off-hour care of patients with acute coronary syndrome and persistent ST-segment elevation in certified German chest pain units.
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care
February 2017
Background: Regional healthcare projects improve the off-hour care of patients with acute coronary syndromes and persistent ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). To analyse differences in quality of care between on and off-hour care of STEMI patients admitted to certified German chest pain units.
Methods: A total of 1107 STEMI patients from the German chest pain unit registry were enrolled.
Gender-related differences in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: results from the registry study of the ST elevation myocardial infarction network Essen.
Clin Cardiol
May 2011
Department of Cardiology, Catholic Clinics Essen-Northwest, Essen, Germany.
Background: The Myocardial Infarction Network Essen was initiated in order to establish a standardized procedure with immediate reopening of the infarcted vessel for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the city of Essen, Germany. The present study aims to evaluate gender-related differences in presentation of disease and clinical outcome.
Hypothesis: Gender is associated with differences in presentation and outcome of STEMI.