Influence of ambulance use on early reperfusion therapies for acute myocardial infarction

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 771-775

  Song, Li ^a   Hu, Da Yi ^a,b   Yan, Hong Bing ^c   Yang, Jin Gang ^a   Sun, Yi Hong ^b   Li, Chao ^a   Liu, Shu Shan ^a   Wu, Dong ^a   Feng, Qi ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ambulance use; Myocardial infarction; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

AGED; AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51149097772     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200805010-00001     Document Type: Article

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