Causes of delay and associated mortality in patients transferred with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1636-1644

  Miedema, Michael D ^a,b   Newell, Marc C ^a   Duval, Sue ^a,b   Garberich, Ross F ^a   Handran, Chauncy B ^a   Larson, David M ^a,c   Mulder, Steven ^a   Wang, Yale L ^a   Lips, Daniel L ^a   Henry, Timothy D ^a,b  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Ridgeview Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

angioplasty, balloon, coronary; delays; delivery of health care; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053974024     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.033118     Document Type: Article

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