Quality of acute coronary care in emerging economies

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1190-1191

  Bobak, Martin ^a   Hemingway, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; HEART INFARCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; REGISTER; ROMANIA;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; ROMANIA;

EID: 67649185880     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090503     Document Type: Note

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