An Approach to Shorten Time to Infarct Artery Patency in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1360-1363

  Gross, Brian W ^a   Dauterman, Kent W ^a   Moran, Mark G ^b   Kotler, Todd S ^b   Schnugg, Stephen J ^a   Rostykus, Paul S ^c   Ross, Amy M ^d   Weaver, W Douglas ^a  

^a The Heart Clinic of Southern Oregon and Northern California PC   (United States)

^b Cardiology Consultants PC   (United States)

^c Oregon Health and Science University ^*

^d HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TIME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34247593825     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.12.058     Document Type: Article

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