ST-elevation myocardial infarction mortality in a major academic center "on-" versus "off-" hours

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 518-523

  Cubeddu, Roberto J ^a   Cruz Gonzalez, Ignacio ^a   Kiernan, Thomas J ^a   Truong, Quynh A ^a   Rosenfield, Kenneth ^a   Leinbach, Robert C ^a   Cadigan, Mary E ^a   Pomerantsev, Eugene V ^a   Palacios, Igor F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POPULATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72649084067     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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