Results of the Croatian Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Network for Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1261-1267

  Nikolić Heitzler, Vjeran ^a   Babic, Zdravko ^a   Milicic, Davor ^b   Bergovec, Mijo ^c   Raguz, Miroslav ^c   Mirat, Jure ^d   Strozzi, Maja ^b   Plazonic, Zeljko ^e   Giunio, Lovel ^f   Steiner, Robert ^g   Starcevic, Boris ^c   Vukovic, Ivica ^f  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^d Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

^e KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; SALICYLIC ACID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CROATIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RESTENOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CROATIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950857936     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.041     Document Type: Article

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