A prospective regional registry of ST-elevation myocardial infarction in Central Romania: Impact of the Stent for Life Initiative recommendations on patient outcomes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-465

  Benedek, Imre ^a   Gyongyosi, Mariann ^b   Benedek, Theodora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY STENT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; ROMANIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; ROMANIA; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883767342     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.03.033     Document Type: Article

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