Primary percutaneous coronary intervention as a national reperfusion strategy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 570-576

  Terkelsen, Christian J ^a   Jensen, Lisette O ^b   Tilsted, Hans H ^c   Thaysen, Per ^b   Ravkilde, Jan ^c   Johnsen, Søren P ^a   Trautner, Sven ^e   Andersen, Henning R ^a,d   Thuesen, Leif ^a   Lassen, Jens F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Falck Emergency Medical Service   (Denmark)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Death; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIAGE;

EID: 84856103650     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.962787     Document Type: Article

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