From coronary care unit to acute cardiac care unit: The evolving role of specialist cardiac care

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 350-352

  Walker, David Michael ^a   West, Nick E J ^b   Ray, Simon G ^c  

^a St Leonards on Sea   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CARDIAC CARE UNIT; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY CARE UNITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84857082962     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301459     Document Type: Editorial

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