| Abstract | Current guidelines favor primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as the strategy of choice for the treatment of acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Already in its 1st year, the myocardial infarction network "Herzinfarktverbund Essen" demonstrates with 489 patients the feasibility of an exhaustive urban STEMI network with preference to patient transfer to high-volume PCI centers. Furthermore, integrated health care as an optional part of the "Herzinfarktverbund" offers reimbursement for modern and innovative diagnostic procedures, therapies, and rehabilitation. |
| Authors | Oliver Bruder, Christoph K Naber, Bernhard Grosch, Bernd Koslowski, Lothar Benesch, Thomas Budde, Birgit Hailer, Rainer Jacksch, Raimund Erbel, Georg Sabin, Herzinfarktverbund Essen
(Affiliation: Klinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Essen, Essen, Germany. o.bruder at elisabeth-essen.de)
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| Journal | Herz
(Herz)
Vol. 32
Issue 8
Pg. 630-4
(Dec 2007)
ISSN: 0340-9937 Germany |
| Vernacular Title | Neue Versorgungsmodelle in der Kardiologie -- Herzinfarktverbund Essen. |
| PMID | 18060609
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)
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| Topics |
- Atherectomy
- Cardiology
(organization & administration)
- Community Networks
(organization & administration)
- Critical Pathways
(organization & administration)
- Decision Support Systems, Clinical
- Delivery of Health Care
(organization & administration)
- Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
(organization & administration)
- Germany
- Humans
- Models, Organizational
- Myocardial Infarction
(surgery)
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