Selection of the optimal reperfusion strategy for STEMI: Does time matter?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 761-763

  Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Antman, Elliott M ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DISEASE DURATION; EDITORIAL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33645023300     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi775     Document Type: Editorial

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