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Early Access to the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory for Patients Resuscitated From Cardiac Arrest Due to a Shockable Rhythm: The Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium Twin Cities Unified Protocol

Background In 2013 the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium developed an organized approach for the management of patients resuscitated from shockable rhythms to gain early access to the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) in the metro area of Minneapolis‐St. Paul. Methods and Results Eleven hosp...

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Published in:Journal of the American Heart Association 2016-01, Vol.5 (1), p.n/a
Main Authors: Garcia, Santiago, Drexel, Todd, Bekwelem, Wobo, Raveendran, Ganesh, Caldwell, Emily, Hodgson, Lucinda, Wang, Qi, Adabag, Selcuk, Mahoney, Brian, Frascone, Ralph, Helmer, Gregory, Lick, Charles, Conterato, Marc, Baran, Kenneth, Bart, Bradley, Bachour, Fouad, Roh, Steven, Panetta, Carmelo, Stark, Randall, Haugland, Mark, Mooney, Michael, Wesley, Keith, Yannopoulos, Demetris
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Summary:Background In 2013 the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium developed an organized approach for the management of patients resuscitated from shockable rhythms to gain early access to the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) in the metro area of Minneapolis‐St. Paul. Methods and Results Eleven hospitals with 24/7 percutaneous coronary intervention capabilities agreed to provide early (within 6 hours of arrival at the Emergency Department) access to the CCL with the intention to perform coronary revascularization for outpatients who were successfully resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia arrest. Other inclusion criteria were age >18 and
ISSN:2047-9980
2047-9980
DOI:10.1161/JAHA.115.002670