Time from symptom onset to treatment and outcomes after thrombolytic therapy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1646-1655

  Newby, L Kristin ^a   Rutsch, Wolfgang R ^b   Califf, Robert M ^a   Simoons, Maarten L ^c   Aylward, Philip E ^d   Armstrong, Paul W ^e   Woodlief, Lynn H ^a   Lee, Kerry L ^a   Topol, Eric J ^f   Van De Werf, Frans ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Flinders Cardiovascular Center   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART REINFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029892528     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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