Improved survival associated with pre-hospital triage strategy in a large regional ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction program

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1239-1246

  Chan, Albert W ^a   Kornder, Jan ^b   Elliott, Helen ^a   Brown, Robert I ^a   Dorval, Jean Francois ^a   Charania, Jay ^a   Zhang, Ruth ^c   Ding, Lillian ^c   Lalani, Akbar ^a   Kuritzky, Robin A ^a   Simkus, Gerald J ^a  

^a ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

angioplasty; mortality; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAL STATISTICS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871309897     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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