Initiation of thrombolytic therapy for patients with acute myocardial infarction by emergency physicians: The Hong Kong experience

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 139-144

  Ming, Tang Ho ^a   Lung, Lau Fei ^a,b   Kwong, Chan Wai ^a,c  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Accident and Emergency Department   (Hong Kong)

^c Dept of Medicine and Geriatrics ^*

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Door to needle time; Hong Kong experience; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 6244308772     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.1999.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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