Reducing the door to balloon time: Is bypassing the emergency department really the answer?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-361

  Kirk, J Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BALLOON; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY CARE UNITS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250306459     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.001     Document Type: Editorial

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