Which factors are associated with the application of reperfusion therapy in ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes? Lessons from the Euro Heart Survey on Acute Coronary Syndromes I

Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-146

  Nieuwlaat, R ^a   Lenzen, M ^a   Crijns, H J G M ^a   Prins, M H ^a   Scholte Op Reimer, W J ^a   Battler, A ^a   Hasdai, D ^a   Danchin, N ^a   Gitt, A K ^a   Simoons, M L ^a   Boersma, E ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Reperfusion; Thrombolysis; Thrombolytic therapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33749167242     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092768     Document Type: Article

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