Primary coronary intervention versus thrombolytic therapy in myocardial infarction patients in the Middle East

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 445-451

  Al Zakwani, Ibrahim ^a,h   Zubaid, Mohammad ^b   Al Riyami, Adil ^c   Alanbaei, Muath ^b   Sulaiman, Kadhim ^d   Almahmeed, Wael ^e   Al Motarreb, Ahmed ^f   Al Suwaidi, Jassim ^g  

^a Gulf Health Research   (Oman)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^e SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^f SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^g HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^h SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Arab Countries; Ischemic attack; Myocardial infarction; Primary angioplasty; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; RETEPLASE; STREPTOKINASE; TENECTEPLASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY REPERFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QATAR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YEMEN;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862993645     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-012-9627-1     Document Type: Article

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