Fast and furious: Telecardiology in acute myocardial infarction triage in the emergency room setting

European Research in Telemedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 75-78

  Brunetti, N D ^a   De Gennaro, L ^a   Dellegrottaglie, G ^b   Procacci, V ^c   Di Biase, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b Cardio on line Europe Srl   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency room; ST elevation myocardial infarction; Telecardiology; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDER; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TELECARDIOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84882903533     PISSN: 2212764X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurtel.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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