Urban and rural implementation of pre-hospital diagnosis and direct referral for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 430-436

  Sørensen, Jacob Thorsted ^a   Terkelsen, Christian Juhl ^a   Nørgaard, Bjarne Linde ^b   Trautner, Sven ^c   Hansen, Troels Martin ^d   Bøtker, Hans Erik ^a   Lassen, Jens Flensted ^a   Andersen, Henning Rud ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Falck Denmark A/S   (Denmark)

^d Mobile Emergency Care Unit (MECU)   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AMI; Angioplasty; Pre hospital triage; Primary PCI; STEMI

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY; URBAN AREA;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79951822983     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq437     Document Type: Article

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