Thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department;Tratamiento trombolitico del infarto agudo de miocardio en el area de urgencias

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 689-695

  González, Elilberto Torrado ^a   Martín, Julio Antonio Ferriz ^a   Almazán, Antonio Vera ^a   Bueno, Miguel Álvarez ^a   Rodriguez García, Juan José ^a   Rodríguez Villasonte, Pedro González ^a   Vargas, Carlos López ^a   Paredes, Teresa García ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Thrombolysis; Time delay

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0031255616     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(97)73284-6     Document Type: Article

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