Door-to-needle time for administration of fibrinolytics in acute myocardial infarction in Cape Town

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 241-244

  Maharaj, Roshen C ^a   Geduld, Heike ^a   Wallis, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; POSTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859192035     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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