Aborted infarction: The ultimate myocardial salvage

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 390-394

  Dowdy, Lauren ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^a,h   Birnbaum, Yochai ^b   Clemmensen, Peter ^g   Fu, Yuling ^c   Maynard, Charles ^d   Menown, Ian ^e   Sejersten, Maria ^a   Young, Dwayne ^f   Johanson, Per ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f Department of Public Health   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISTREPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 2342424751     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.10.008     Document Type: Editorial

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