Beneficial effects of direct call to emergency medical services in acute myocardial infarction

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-18

  Cabrita, Bruno ^a   Bouyer Dalloz, Florence ^b   L’Huillier, Isabelle ^b   Dentan, Gilles ^c   Zeller, Marianne ^b   Laurent, Yves ^d   Bril, Antoine ^b   Jolak, Mohammed ^d   Janin Manificat, Luc ^d   Beer, Jean Claude ^b   Yeguiayan, Jean Michel ^a   Cottin, Yves ^b   Wolf, Jean Eric ^b   Freysz, Marc ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^c Clinique de Fontaine   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Myocardial infarction; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3342939236     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200402000-00003     Document Type: Article

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