Direct ambulance transport to catheterization laboratory reduces door-to-balloon time in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: The DIRECT-STEMI study

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 805-810

  Qiu, Jian Ping ^a   Zhang, Qi ^b   Lu, Ji De ^a   Wang, Hai Rong ^a   Lin, Jie ^a   Ge, Zhi Ru ^a   Zhang, Rui Yan ^b   Shen, Wei Feng ^b  

^a Pudong Gongli Hospital   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Door to balloon time; Outcome; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOOR TO BALLOON TIME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; AMBULANCES; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952853797     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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