Can we improve length of hospitalization in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 585-588

  Kotowycz, Mark A ^a,b   Syal, Renu Pal ^a   Afzal, Rizwan ^a   Natarajan, Madhu K ^a,c  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care delivery; Length of stay; Primary PCI; STEMI

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTERY REOCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 70350166665     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70717-2     Document Type: Article

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