The association between pre-infarction angina and care-seeking behaviors and its effects on early reperfusion rates for acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-92

  Yan, Hongbing ^a   Song, Li ^a   Yang, Jingang ^b   Sun, Yihong ^c   Hu, Dayi ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Ambulance use; Care seeking behaviors; Delay; Myocardial infarction; Pre infarction angina; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY REPERFUSION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; AMBULANCES; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67349184467     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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