Acute myocardial infarction in the prehospital setting

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 483-492

  Perina, Debra ^a   Braithwaite, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034999683     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70196-6     Document Type: Article

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