The feasibility and safety of early discharge for low risk patients with acute myocardial infarction after successful direct percutaneous coronary intervention

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-49

  Yip, Hon Kan ^a   Wu, Chiung Jen ^a   Chang, Hsueh Wen ^b   Hang, Chi Ling ^a   Wang, Chao Ping ^a   Yang, Cheng Hsu ^a   Hung, Wei Chin ^a   Yu, Ten Hung ^a   Yeh, Kuo Ho ^a   Chua, Sarah ^a   Fu, Morgan ^a   Chen, Mien Cheng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Direct percutaneous coronary intervention; Early discharge; Low risk patients

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART REINFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEPSIS; STROKE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STENTS;

EID: 0037264347     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.44.41     Document Type: Article

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