Current Status of Prehospital Care of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction in Tokyo: Analysis of 3-year Experience with Coronary Care Unit Network

JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 338-343

  Takano, Teruo ^a   Endo, Takao ^a   Tanaka, Keiji ^b   Hirosawa, Koushichiro ^c   Yamaguchi, Tetsu ^d   Saito, Satoshi ^e   Kammatsuse, Katsuo ^f   Nakata, Yasuro ^g   Yabuki, Sou ^h   Kamishima, Gombei ⁱ   Irie, Akira ^j   Niitani, Hirokazu ^k   Tanaka, Toshihide ^l   Takahashi, Sanae ^m   Igarashi, Masao ⁿ   Ueda, Keiji ^o   Kimura, Mitsuru ^p   Sato, Tomohide ^q   Motomiya, Takeji ^r   Ishii, Toshihiko ^s   Okada, Michio ^t   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^u   Nakanishi, Narimoto ^v   more..

^a Nippon Medical School Hospital ^*

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER EAST   (Japan)

^d MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Nihon University Hospital ^*  (Japan)

^f SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^j Nishiarai Hospital   (Japan)

^k SHOWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l Sakakibara Heart Institute Hospital   (Japan)

^m Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

ⁿ St Lukes International Hospital   (Japan)

^o Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^p SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^q TEIKYO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^r TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^s TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HACHIOJI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^t KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^u Cardiovascular Institute Hospital   (Japan)

^v TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; CCU network; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; THERAPY;

AGED; CORONARY CARE UNITS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0023239036     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.51.338     Document Type: Article

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