A citywide protocol for primary PCI in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-240

  Le May, Michel R ^a   So, Derek Y ^a   Dionne, Richard ^b   Glover, Chris A ^a   Froeschl, Michael P V ^a   Wells, George A ^a   Davies, Richard F ^a   Sherrard, Heather L ^a   Maloney, Justin ^b   Marquis, Jean François ^a   O'Brien, Edward R ^a   Trickett, John ^b   Poirier, Pierre ^c   Ryan, Sheila C ^a   Ha, Andrew ^a   Joseph, Phil G ^a   Labinaz, Marino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Ottawa Paramedic Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 38349073481     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa073102     Document Type: Article

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