Next day discharge after successful primary angioplasty for acute ST elevation myocardial infarction: An open randomized study "Prague-5"

International Heart Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 653-659

  Jirmář, Radovan ^a   Widimský, Petr ^a   Čapek, Jan ^a   Hlinomaz, Ota ^b   Groch, Ladislav ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Early hospital discharge; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ST SEGMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 60249086049     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.49.653     Document Type: Article

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