Role of Cardiac First Aid in the Emergency Department;Ruolo del pronto soccorso Cardiologico in un Dipartimento di Emergenza di II livello

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 579-585

  Salvini, Paolo ^a   Boccanelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY CARE UNITS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROME;

EID: 0031799163     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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