Safety and feasibility of early hospital discharge in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction-A prospective and randomized trial in low-risk primary percutaneous coronary intervention patients (the Safe-Depart Trial)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117.e1-117.e6

  Kotowycz, Mark A ^a,b   Cosman, Tammy L ^a   Tartaglia, Corinne ^a   Afzal, Rizwan ^a   Syal, Renu Pal ^a   Natarajan, Madhu K ^a,c  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SMOKING CESSATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 72149110866     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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