Trajectory of prehospital delay in patients with acute myocardial infarction in the Japanese health care system

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-193

  Fukuoka, Yoshimi ^a   Dracup, Kathleen ^a   Kobayashi, Fumio ^b   Froelicher, Erika Sivarajan ^a   Rankin, Sally H ^a   Ohno, Miyoshi ^c   Hirayama, Haruo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Health care system; Japan; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Prehospital delay; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30444454828     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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