Lower mortality after prehospital recognition and treatment followed by fast tracking to coronary care compared with admittance via emergency department in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-332

  Bång, Angela ^a   Grip, Lars ^b   Herlitz, Johan ^b   Kihlgren, Stefan ^b   Karlsson, Thomas ^b   Caidahl, Kenneth ^b   Hartford, Marianne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Direct CCU; EMS; Myocardial infarction; ST elevation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

AGED; CORONARY CARE UNITS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53149122529     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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