A National Survey of Emergency Department Chest pain Centers in the United States

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1305-1309

  Zalenski, Robert J ^a   Rydman, Robert J ^b   Ting, Sue ^b   Kampe, Linda ^b   Selker, Harry P ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; TECHNOLOGY, HIGH-COST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032104063     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00159-3     Document Type: Article

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