The transoceanic air evacuation of unstable angina patients

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-106

  Castillo, Craig Y ^a,b   Lyons, Terence J ^a  

^a Brooks 64 AFB ^*  (United States)

^b Armstrong Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Air evacuation; Angioplasty; Cardiac catheterization; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Ejection fraction; Fixed winged aircraft; Intermediate coronary syndrome; Pacific theater; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANGINA;

EID: 0032898249     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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