What is the acceptable rate of false positives for STEMI within a primary PCI network? Insights from a metropolitan system with direct ambulance-based access

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 356-358

  Perugini, Enrica ^a   Di Pasquale, Giuseppe ^a   Di Diodoro, Lara ^b   Ortolani, Paolo ^b   Casella, Gianni ^a   Taglieri, Nevio ^b   Reggiani, M Letizia Bacchi ^b   Marzocchi, Antonio ^b   Lorenzini, Massimiliano ^b   Branzi, Angelo ^b   Rapezzi, Claudio ^b  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Diagnosis; Electrocardiography; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84855963374     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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