Prehospital diagnosis in STEMI patients treated by primary PCI: The key to rapid reperfusion

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-9

  Vermeulen, R P ^a   Jaarsma, T ^a   Hanenburg, F G A ^a   Nannenberg, J W ^a   Jessurun, G A J ^a   Zijlstra, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary intervention (primary); Prehospital diagnosis; ST segment elevation; STEMI; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THERAPY DELAY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 38349140954     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03086109     Document Type: Article

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