An evaluation of the accuracy of emergency physician activation of the cardiac catheterization laboratory for patients with suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 423-430

  Kontos, Michael C ^a,b   Kurz, Michael Christopher ^b   Roberts, Charlotte S ^a   Joyner, Sarah E ^a   Kreisa, Laura ^c   Ornato, Joseph P ^b   Vetrovec, George W ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERN; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951884353     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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