Implementation of ESC-STEMI guidelines into clinical practice: An analysis of the Slovak Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes (SLOVAKS)

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 353-355

  Studenčan, Martin ^a   Hricák, Vasil' ^b   Kovář, František ^c   Kurray, Peter ^d   Murín, Jan ^e   Kamenský, Gabriel ^f   Goncalvesová, Eva ^b   Liška, Branislav ^b   Rosenberger, Jaroslav ^a   Baráková, Anna ^g   Hlava, Peter ^g  

^a L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^b National Cardiovascular Institute   (Slovakia)

^c Martinska Fakultna Nemocnica   (Slovakia)

^d Cardiocentre   (Slovakia)

^e Children University Hospital   (Slovakia)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^g National Centre for Health Information in Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

guidelines; lethality; SLOVAKS; STEMI; time intervals; transport

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; SLOVAKIA; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955472178     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328344e630     Document Type: Article

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