Reducing transfer times for coronary angiography in patients with acute coronary syndromes: One solution to a national problem

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 968, 2006, Pages 411-413

  Bellenger, N G ^a   Wells, T ^a   Hitchcock, R ^a   Watkins, M ^a   Duffet, C ^a   Jewell, D ^a   Palliser, D ^a   Shapland, L ^a   Curtis, R ^a   Scrase, S ^a   Burns, R ^a   Curzen, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33745391189     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.040162     Document Type: Article

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