Fibrinolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction: Time to treatment in Canada

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 801-805

  Davies, Cheryl ^a   Christenson, James ^b   Campbell, Alana ^c   Cox, Jafna L ^d   Huynh, Thao ^e   Matheson, Sandra ^f   Daly, Paul A ^g   Hilbe, Joseph ^h  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Calgary Health Region   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrinolytic therapy; Myocardial infarction; Reperfusion therapy

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CANADA; CORONARY CARE UNITS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242801463     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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