title: Decrease in acute coronary syndrome mortality in Pleven district: implementation of scientific evidence into everyday practice.
abstract: Cardiovascular mortality in Bulgaria has increased for the last 25 years, contrary to the rest of the EU countries. One of the reasons is high in-hospital mortality due to acute myocardial infarction. The Bulgarian Cardiac Institute has established a modern cardiac hospital with a catheterization laboratory (cathlab) in the Medical University in Pleven, which helps it decrease acute coronary syndrome (ACS) mortality, taking all the necessary steps according to the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
authors.affiliation: Unicardio Clinic Pleven, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: Toni Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Vekov
authors.forename: Mladen V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Grigorov
authors.forename: Ventsislav T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Georgiev
authors.forename: Slaveyko N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Djambazov
authors.forename: Ladislav
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Groch
authors.forename: Ota
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hlinomaz
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sitar
authors.forename: Mihail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezek
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D002031:Bulgaria; D002300:Cardiac Care Facilities / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies