Improvement in Clinical Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndromes after the Implementation of a Critical Pathway

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 222-230

  Polanczyk, Carísi A ^a   Biolo, Andréia ^a   Imhof, Betina V ^a   Furtado, Mariana ^a   Alboim, Carolina ^a   Santos, Candice ^a   Pithan, Carolina ^a   Pretto, Guilherme ^a   Ribeiro, Jorge P ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Clinical effectiveness; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; ENOXAPARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0344667587     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000099742.69516.25     Document Type: Article

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