Real-world outcome from ST elevation myocardial infarction in the very elderly before and after the introduction of a 24/7 primary percutaneous coronary intervention service

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 956-963

  Shelton, Rhidian J ^a   Crean, Andrew M ^b   Somers, Kathryn ^a   Priestley, Claire ^a   Hague, Carol ^a   Blaxill, Jonathan M ^a   Wheatcroft, Stephen B ^a   McLenachan, James M ^a   Greenwood, John P ^a   Blackman, Daniel J ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953065976     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.02.026     Document Type: Article

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