Three-year experience of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in a hospital without on-site cardiac surgery

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1085-1089

  Ong, Sea Hing ^a   Lim, Victor Y T ^b   Chang, Boon Cheng ^a   Lingamanaicker, Jayaram ^a   Tan, Chong Hiok ^a   Goh, Yew Seong ^a   Tan, Kok Soon ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Emergency; PCI; STEMI; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KILLIP CLASSIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 76149120847     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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