Call-to-needle times for thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction in Victoria

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 381-385

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a,b   Kerr, Debra ^a,b   Patrick, Ian ^c   Walker, Tony ^d  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Metropolitan Ambulance Service   (Australia)

^d Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TIME;

EID: 0038414604     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05255.x     Document Type: Article

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