Delays by patients in seeking treatment for acute chest pain: Implications for achieving earlier thrombolysis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 880, 1999, Pages 90-95

  Mumford, Andrew D ^a   Warr, Kim V ^a   Owen, Sandra J ^a   Fraser, Alan G ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Myocardial infarction; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CANADA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032894048     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.880.90     Document Type: Article

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