Outcome of primary angioplasty for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction during routine duty hours versus during off-hours. Results of a single-center in Spain

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-229

  Dominguez Rodriguez, Alberto ^a   Garcia Gonzalez, Martin ^a   Abreu Gonzalez, Pedro ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Myocardial infarction; Primary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WORK SCHEDULE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249287299     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.110     Document Type: Article

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