Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Related Delay in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1244-

  Terkelsen, Christian Juhl ^a   Sørensen, Jacob Thorsted ^a   Nielsen, Torsten Toftegaard ^a   Boersma, Eric ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63149148893     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.055     Document Type: Letter

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