Implementation of a prehospital triage system for patients with chest pain and logistics for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the region of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 931-935

  Adams, Rob ^a   Appelman, Yolande ^b   Bronzwaer, Jean G ^b   Slagboom, Ton ^c   Amoroso, Giovanni ^c   Van Exter, Pieternel ^d   Tijssen, G P Jan ^a   De Winter, Robbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d Regional Ambulance Services (RAVAA)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; CHEST PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY;

EID: 77956994444     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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