Comparability of quality-of-care indicators for emergency coronary angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction regardless of on-site cardiac surgery (report from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1335-1339

  Sanborn, Timothy A ^a   Jacobs, Alice K ^b   Frederick, Paul D ^b   Every, Nathan R ^b   French, William J ^b  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2542457505     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.026     Document Type: Article

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