Reducing the door-to-balloon time for myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2364-2365

  Moscucci, Mauro ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BALLOON EMBOLIZATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751506129     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe068255     Document Type: Editorial

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