The management of acute coronary syndrome patients across New Zealand in 2012: Results of a third comprehensive nationwide audit and observations of current interventional care

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1387, 2013, Pages 36-68

  Ellis, Chris ^a   Gamble, Greg ^a   Devlin, Gerard ^a   Elliott, John ^a   Hamer, Andrew ^a   Williams, Michael ^a   Matsis, Philip ^a   Troughton, Richard ^a   Ranasinghe, Isuru ^a   French, John ^a   Brieger, David ^a   Chew, Derek ^a   White, Harvey ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE; REPERFUSION; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ZEALAND; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84890531912     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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