Importance of early diagnosis in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Prehospital electrocardiogram;L'importanza della diagnosi precoce nell'infarto miocardico con sopraslivellamento del tratto ST: L'elettrocardiogramma preospedaliero

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 11, Issue 10 SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Martinoni, Alessandro ^a   Politi, Alessandro ^b   De Servi, Stefano ^a  

^a AO Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Moriggia Pelascini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Prehospital ECG; Primary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ITALY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955693912     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: 19726481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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