Epidemiology and patterns of care of patients admitted to Italian Intensive Cardiac Care units: The BLITZ-3 registry

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 450-461

  Casella, Gianni ^a   Cassin, Matteo ^b   Chiarella, Francesco ^c   Chinaglia, Alessandra ^d   Conte, Maria R ^e   Fradella, Giuseppe ^f   Lucci, Donata ^g   Maggioni, Aldo P ^g   Pirelli, Salvatore ^h   Scorcu, Giampaolo ⁱ   Visconti, Luigi Oltrona ^j  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Cardiology Department   (Australia)

^f CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^h Cardiology Department   (Italy)

ⁱ San Michele Hospital   (Italy)

^j FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Acute cardiac care; Intensive cardiac care unit; Organization; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REGISTER; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 77951827254     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328335233e     Document Type: Article

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