Mode of hospital presentation in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Implications for strategic management

American Heart Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 436-443

  Tymchak, Wayne ^a,b,c   Armstrong, Paul W ^a,b,c   Westerhout, Cynthia M ^a,c   Sookram, Sunil ^a,c   Brass, Neil ^a,c   Fu, Yuling ^a,c   Welsh, Robert C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MAZANKOWSKI ALBERTA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRATE; TICLOPIDINE; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; SELF CARE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052333037     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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