St-Segment-elevation myocardial infarction treated at hospitals with and without on-site cardiac surgery: Do we have the answer and what about the future?

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 497-499

  Dehmer, Gregory J ^a,b   Kutcher, Michael A ^c  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardiology Division   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Editorials; Myocardial infarction; Registries

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953681924     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.109.921346     Document Type: Editorial

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