Factors associated with prolonged prehospital delay in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 156-162

  Sari, Ibrahim ^a   Acar, Zübeyir ^b   Özer, Orhan ^a   Erer, Betül ^b   Tekbaş, Ebru ^b   Üçer, Ekrem ^b   Genç, Ahmet ^b   Davutoǧlu, Vedat ^a   Aksoy, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular Surgery Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Patient admission; Prognosis; Time factors; Transportation of patients

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 55449108930     PISSN: 10165169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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