Prehospital thrombolysis for the treatment of ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction. Three-year results in the province of Foggia;La trombolisi preospedaliera nel trattamento dell'infarto miocardico con sopraslivellamento del tratto ST. Risultati di tre anni di attività in provincia di Foggia

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 763-769

  Piancone, Renato Michele ^a,b   Abbenante, Giuseppe ^a   Accettulli Bocola, Fernando Antonio ^a   Bevere, Alfonso ^a   Casavecchia, Grazia ^a   Cervini, Armando ^a   Ciavatta, Massimiliano ^a   De Luca, Antonio ^a   De Luca, Pasquale ^a   Ferrua, Barbara ^a   Leccisotti, Salvatore ^a   Marangi, Matteo ^a   Placentino, Marisa ^a   Sollazzo, Vito ^a   Tricarico, Lucia ^a  

^a Ospedale Masselli Mascia ASL FG   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Prehospital thrombolysis; Telecardiology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; TENECTEPLASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TELECARDIOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049147575     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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