Identification of uncomplicated patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: Are these patients suitable for early discharge?

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1163-1169

  Kinjo, Kunihiro ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Sakata, Yasuhiko ^a   Nakatani, Daisaku ^a   Mizuno, Hiroya ^a   Shimizu, Masahiko ^a   Nishino, Masami ^b   Matsu ura, Yasuhiko ^c   Koretsune, Yukihiro ^d   Nanto, Shinsuke ^e   Mishima, Masayoshi ^f   Hori, Masatsugu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Ishinkai Yao General Hospital   (Japan)

^d OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KAWACHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Hospital stay; Japanese; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 25644459258     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.1163     Document Type: Article

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