Improvement in door-to-balloon times in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction at a large urban teaching hospital in China

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-82

  Song, Li ^a   Yan, Hongbing ^a   Zhao, Hanjun ^a   Wang, Jian ^b   Chi, Yunpeng ^b   Wu, Zheng ^b   Zheng, Bin ^b   Wang, Shaoping ^b   Peng, Hongyu ^b   Liu, Chen ^b   Zhou, Peng ^b  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Door to balloon time; Primary percutaneous coronary intervention; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 81055140389     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.08.068     Document Type: Article

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