Comparison of mortality patterns in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction arriving by emergency medical services versus self-transport (from the prospective Ottawa Hospital STEMI registry)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 458-461

  So, Derek Y F ^a   Ha, Andrew C T ^a   Turek, Michele A ^b   Maloney, Justin P ^b   Higginson, Lyall A ^a   Davies, Richard F ^a   Ryan, Sheila C ^a   Le May, Michel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AMBULANCES; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 31944440180     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.08.069     Document Type: Article

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