Standardised pre-hospital care of acute myocardial infarction patients: Mission! guidelines applied in practice

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 408-415

  Atary, J Z ^a   de Visser, M ^b   van den Dijk, R ^a   Bosch, J ^b   Liem, S S ^a   Antoni, M L ^a   Bootsma, M ^a   Viergever, E P ^c   Kirchhof, C J ^d   Padmos, I ^e   Sedney, M I ^f   van Exel, H J ^g   Verwey, H F ^a   Atsma, D E ^a   van der Wall, E E ^a   Jukema, J W ^a   Schalij, M J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Regional Ambulance Service Hollands Midden   (Netherlands)

^c GROENE HART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Diaconessenhuis Leiden   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^g Rijnlands Rehabilitation Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Myocardial infarction therapy; Percutaneous coronary; Prevention Control; Time factors; Transluminal

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 77957730712     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03091807     Document Type: Article

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