Reduction of Delays in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 562-566

  Daneault, Benoit ^a   Do, Doan Hoa ^a   Maltais, Andrée ^a   Bérubé, Simon ^a   Harvey, Richard ^a   Gervais, André ^a   Dalery, Karl ^a   Nguyen, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOOR TO BALLOON TIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81255168203     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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