Guidelines to reducing delays in administration of thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction

Drugs

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 689-698

  Williams, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031943326     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-199855050-00006     Document Type: Article

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