Emergency physician-initiated cath lab activation reduces door to balloon times in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 868-874

  Kontos, Michael C ^a   Kurz, Michael C ^a   Roberts, Charlotte S ^a   Joyner, Sarah E ^a   Kreisa, Laura ^b   Ornato, Joseph P ^a   Vetrovec, George W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053613984     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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