Pre-hospital treatment of STEMI patients. A scientific statement of the working group acute cardiac care of the European society of cardiology;Tratamiento prehospitalario de los pacientes con IAMCEST. Una declaración científica del Working Group Acute Cardiac Care de la European Society of Cardiology

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-70

  Tubaro, Marco ^a   Danchin, Nicolas ^b   Goldstein, Patrick ^c   Filippatos, Gerasimos ^d   Hasin, Yonathan ^e   Heras, Magda ^f   Jansky, Petr ^g   Norekval, Tone M ^h   Swahn, Eva ⁱ   Thygesen, Kristian ^j   Vrints, Christiaan ^k   Zahger, Doron ^l   Arntz, Hans R ^m   Bellou, Abdelouahab ⁿ   De La Coussaye, Jean E ^o   De Luca, Leonardo ^p   Huber, Kurt ^q   Lambert, Yves ^r   Lettino, Maddalena ^s   Lindahl, Bertil ^t   McLean, Scott ^u   Nibbe, Lutz ^v   Peacock, William F ^w   Price, Susanna ^x   Quinn, Tom ^y   Spaulding, Christian ^z   Tatu Chitoiu, Gabriel ^aa   Van De Werf, Frans ^ab   more..

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e BARUCH PADEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^h HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^l BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^m Med Clinic   (Germany)

ⁿ RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^o NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^p EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^r CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^s FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^t UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^u Edinburgh Heart Centre   (United Kingdom)

^v CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^w LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^x ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^z PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^aa Spitalul Clinic de Urgen Floreasca   (Romania)

^ab UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Ambulance; Emergency medical service; Nurses; Paramedics; Pre hospital; Primary coronary angioplasty; Reperfusion; ST elevation myocardial infarction; Systems of care; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOLOGIST; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84655161950     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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