Improvement in revascularization time after creation of a coronary catheterization laboratory at a public hospital

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-194

  Secemsky, Eric A ^a   Lange, David ^a   Ho, Jennifer E ^a,b   Brayton, Kimberly ^a   Ganz, Peter A ^a   Farr, Genevieve ^a   MacGregor, John S ^a   Hsue, Priscilla Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84856202911     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.564     Document Type: Article

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