Part 10: Acute coronary syndromes: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  O'Connor, Robert E ^a   Brady, William ^a   Brooks, Steven C ^a   Diercks, Deborah ^a   Egan, Jonathan ^a   Ghaemmaghami, Chris ^a   Menon, Venu ^a   O'Neil, Brian J ^a   Travers, Andrew H ^a   Yannopoulos, Demetris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; myocardial infarction; non STsegmentelevation acute coronary syndromes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALGORITHM; BLEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CARDIOLOGY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349281460     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.971028     Document Type: Review

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