The recent evolution of coronary care units into intensive cardiac care units: The experience of a tertiary center in Florence

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-187

  Valente, Serafina ^a,b   Lazzeri, Chiara ^a   Sori, Andrea ^a   Giglioli, Cristina ^a   Bernardo, Pasquale ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Intensive Cardiac Care Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Hub and Spoke model; Intensive cardiac care unit; Primary coronary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SKILL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33847130513     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32801261e3     Document Type: Article

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