Prehospital Delay in Patients Hospitalized with Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Emergency Unit of a North Indian Tertiary Care Hospital

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-353

  Malhotra, S ^a   Gupta, M ^a   Chandra, K K ^a   Grover, A ^a   Pandhi, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Prehospital delay; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAIN; PATIENT; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344413702     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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