In-hospital and long-term outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing direct angioplasty during regular and after hours

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 669-672

  Beohar, Nirat ^a   Chandwaney, Raj ^a   Goodreau, Lynne M ^a   Davidson, Charles J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction prognosis; Angioplasty; Coronary intervention prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHICAGO; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035489395     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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