Impact of the prehospital ECG on door-to-balloon time in ST elevation myocardial infarction

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-178

  Rao, Anjani ^a   Kardouh, Youssef ^a   Darda, Saba ^a   Desai, Devang ^b   Devireddy, Lingareddy ^c   Lalonde, Thomas ^b   Rosman, Howard ^b   David, Shukri ^a  

^a Cardiology Department   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c St John Macomb Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Door to balloon time; Prehospital ECG; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AMBULANCES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76049092170     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22257     Document Type: Article

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