Design of a standardized system for transfer of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction for percutaneous coronary intervention

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-384

  Henry, Timothy D ^a,b   Unger, Barbara Tate ^a   Sharkey, Scott W ^a   Lips, Daniel L ^a   Pedersen, Wesley R ^a   Madison, James D ^a   Mooney, Michael R ^a,b   Flygenring, Bjorn P ^a   Larson, David M ^a,c  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Ridgeview Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECORDS; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24944474801     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.01.059     Document Type: Article

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