A European perspective on improving acute systems of care in STEMI: We know what to do, but how can we do it?

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 708-714

  Fox, Keith A A ^a   Huber, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOPERATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TELEMETRY; THERAPY DELAY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55149117747     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1343     Document Type: Review

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