Three-pronged innovation to improve care for acute myocardial infarction patients in Cuba

MEDICC Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 11-16

  Giraldo, Gloria ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; HEBERKINASA; RETEPLASE; STREPTOKINASE; TENECTEPLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CUBA; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CUBA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOKINASE;

EID: 77956911303     PISSN: 15557960     EISSN: 15273172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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