Delay to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting to acute care hospitals: An international perspective

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1328-1336

  Spencer, Frederick A ^a   Montalescot, Gilles ^b   Fox, Keith A A ^c   Goodman, Shaun G ^d   Granger, Christopher B ^e   Goldberg, Robert J ^f   Oliveira, Gustavo B F ^g   Anderson, Frederick A ^f   Eagle, Kim A ^h   Fitzgerald, Gordon ^f   Gore, Joel M ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Reperfusion; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953201863     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq057     Document Type: Article

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