Decrease in acute coronary syndrome mortality in Pleven district: implementation of scientific evidence into everyday practice.
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).
Vekov
Toni Y
TY
Unicardio Clinic Pleven, Bulgaria.
Grigorov
Mladen V
MV
Georgiev
Ventsislav T
VT
Djambazov
Slaveyko N
SN
Groch
Ladislav
L
Hlinomaz
Ota
O
Sitar
Jan
J
Rezek
Mihail
M
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