Temporal trends in patient and treatment delay among men and women presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-97

  Kaul, Padma ^a   Armstrong, Paul W ^a   Sookram, Sunil ^a,b   Leung, Becky K ^a   Brass, Neil ^a   Welsh, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650289300     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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