Achieving rapid reperfusion with primary percutaneous coronary intervention remains a challenge: Insights from American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines program

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1059-1067

  Mehta, Rajendra H ^a   Bufalino, Vincent J ^b   Pan, Wenqin ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^c   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Midwest Heart Specialists   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44249121017     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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