The history of the coronary care unit

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1041-1045

  Khush, Kiran K ^a   Rapaport, Elliot ^a   Waters, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Coronary care; Myocardial infarction; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BRETYLIUM; CAFFEINE; CAMPHOR; DIGITALIS; DILTIAZEM; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; MORPHINE; NITRATE; PROCAINAMIDE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CORONARY STENT; COST CONTROL; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART RHYTHM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY CARE UNITS; EUROPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 28444499278     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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