2012 ESC STEMI guidelines and reperfusion therapy: Evidence base ignored, threatening optimal patient management

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1154-1156

  Terkelsen, Christian Juhl ^a   Pinto, Duane S ^b   Thiele, Holger ^c   Clemmensen, Peter ^d   Nikus, Kjell ^e   Lassen, Jens Flensted ^a   Hildick Smith, David ^f   Christiansen, Evald Høj ^a   Aarøe, Jens ^g   Hansen, Hans Henrik Tilsted ^g   Stankovic, Goran ^h   Junker, Anders ⁱ   Sianos, Georgios ^j   Olivecrona, Göran ^k   Bøtker, Hans Erik ^a   Gibson, Charles Michael ^b   Boersma, Eric ^l  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UK   (United Kingdom)

^g AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

ⁱ ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^j AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^k LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^l ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DOOR TO BALLOON DELAY; EMERGENCY CARE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 84880628657     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304117     Document Type: Short Survey

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