Heartbeat - improving heart attack care

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jennings, S ^a   Bennett, K ^b   Cavanagh, B ^c   Morrissey, M ^c   Kearney, P ^d  

^a DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^d Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 79751482194     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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