Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction: Direct transportation to catheterization laboratory by emergency teams reduces door-to-balloon time

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 112-116

  Van De Loo, Andreas ^a,c   Saurbier, Bernward ^a   Kalbhenn, Johannes ^a   Koberne, Frank ^b   Zehender, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b St Josefskrankenhaus   (Germany)

^c Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

12 channel surface electrocardiogram; Emergency care; Logistic; Primary coronary angioplasty; ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 33645035675     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960290306     Document Type: Article

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