Euro Heart Survey 2009 Snapshot: Regional variations in presentation and management of patients with AMI in 47 countries

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 359-370

  Puymirat, Etienne ^a   Battler, Alex ^b   Birkhead, John ^c   Bueno, Hector ^d   Clemmensen, Peter ^e   Cottin, Yves ^f   Fox, Keith A ^g   Gorenek, Bulent ^h   Hamm, Christian ⁱ   Huber, Kurt ^j   Lettino, Maddalena ^k   Lindahl, Bertil ^l   Müller, Christian ^m   Parkhomenko, Alexander ⁿ   Price, Susanna ^o   Quinn, Tom ^p   Schiele, Francois ^q   Simoons, Maarten ^r   Tatu Chitoiu, Gabriel ^s   Tubaro, Marco ^t   Vrints, Christiaan ^u   Zahger, Doron ^v   Zeymer, Uwe ^w   Danchin, Nicolas ^a   more..

^a PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^e University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^f DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^j WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^k HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^l UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

ⁿ National Scientific Centre   (Ukraine)

^o IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^r ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^s Spitalul Clinic de Urgen Bucure ti   (Romania)

^t SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^u ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^v BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^w KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Europe; hospital outcomes; survey

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; EUROPE; HOSPITAL OUTCOMES; SURVEY;

AGED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84902206112     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872613497341     Document Type: Article

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