Use of emergency medical services in patients with acute myocardial infarction in china

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 137-141

  Zhang, Shouyan ^a   Hu, Dayi ^b   Wang, Xian ^a   Yang, Jingang ^b  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Chinese; Emergency medical services; In hospital delay; Prehospital delay; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPERFUSION; SMOKING; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX PAIN;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 64549090261     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20247     Document Type: Article

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