Unprotected percutaneous coronary intervention is safe and effective for treating unstable angina in the modern warrior: The second Gulf War experience at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-116

  Filardo, Steven ^a   Mata, Reuben ^b   Willingham, Cathy ^c   Coyle, Louis ^c   Older, Steven ^c   Torrent, John ^c   Modlin, Randolph ^c  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOLDIER; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IRAQ; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AIR AMBULANCES; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844410394     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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