Missed opportunities in the management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the Arab Middle East: Patient and physician impediments

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 565-571

  Al Mallah, Mouaz H ^a,j   Alsheikh Ali, Alawi A ^b   Almahmeed, Wael ^c   Sulaiman, Kadhim ^d   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^e   Ridha, Mustafa ^f   Al Motarreb, Ahmed ^g   Alenezi, Fahad ^h   Zubaid, Mohammad ⁱ  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^e HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^f AL ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^g SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

ⁱ KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^j WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARAB; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; THERAPY DELAY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; YEMEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ARABS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956913130     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20802     Document Type: Article

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