Half of coronary patients are not instructed how to respond to symptoms of a heart attack

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 668-674

  Jankowski, Piotr ^a   Bednarek, Agnieszka ^a   Surowiec, Sławomir ^a   Loster, Magdalena ^a   Pajak, Andrzej ^a   Kawecka Jaszcz, Kalina ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Delay; Education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 82455162812     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2011.0031     Document Type: Article

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