Reperfusion therapy for ST elevation acute myocardial infarction in Europe: Description of the current situation in 30 countries

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 943-957

  Widimsky, Petr ^a   Wijns, William ^a   Fajadet, Jean ^a   De Belder, Mark ^a   Knot, Jiri ^a   Aaberge, Lars ^a   Andrikopoulos, George ^a   Baz, Jose Antonio ^a   Betriu, Amadeo ^a   Claeys, Marc ^a   Danchin, Nicholas ^a   Djambazov, Slaveyko ^a   Erne, Paul ^a   Hartikainen, Juha ^a   Huber, Kurt ^a   Kala, Petr ^a   Klinčeva, Milka ^a   Kristensen, Steen Dalby ^a   Ludman, Peter ^a   Ferre, Josephina Mauri ^a   Merkely, Bela ^a   Miličić, Davor ^a   Morais, Joao ^a   Noč, Marko ^a   Opolski, Grzegorz ^a   Ostojić, Miodrag ^a   Radovanovič, Dragana ^a   De Servi, Stefano ^a   Stenestrand, Ulf ^a   Studenčan, Martin ^a   Tubaro, Marco ^a   Vasiljević, Zorana ^a   Weidinger, Franz ^a   Witkowski, Adam ^a   Zeymer, Uwe ^a   more..

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Europe; Incidence; Mortality; Primary angioplasty; Reperfusion therapy; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FIRST MEDICAL CONTACT; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SPAIN; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955663472     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp492     Document Type: Article

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