Outcomes of primary percutaneous coronary intervention at a Joint Commission International Accredited hospital in a developing country - Can good results, possibly similar to the west, be achieved?

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 417-423

  Jafary, Fahim H ^a   Ahmed, Hafeez ^a   Kiani, Jawad ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Developing country; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Shock; Stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HAZARD RATIO; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAKISTAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848829865     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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