Moving toward improved care for the patient with st-elevation myocardial infarction a mandate for systems of care

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 441-443

  Henry, Timothy D ^a   Gibson, C Michael ^b   Pinto, Duane S ^b  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POPULATION GROUPS; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650186404     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.958421     Document Type: Editorial

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