Out-of-hours primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction is not associated with excess mortality: A study of 3347 patients treated in an integrated cardiac network

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Rathod, Krishnaraj S ^a,b,c   Jones, Daniel A ^a,b,c   Gallagher, Sean M ^a,c   Bromage, Daniel I ^a   Whitbread, Mark ^d   Archbold, Andrew R ^a,c   Jain, Ajay K ^a,c   Mathur, Anthony ^a,b,c   Wragg, Andrew ^a,c   Knight, Charles J ^a,c  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

EID: 84879977223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003063     Document Type: Article

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