Invasive coronary treatment strategies for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A consensus statement from the european association for percutaneous cardiovascular interventions (eapci)/stent for life (sfl) groups

EuroIntervention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-37

  Noc, Marko ^a   Fajadet, Jean ^b   Lassen, Jens F ^c   Kala, Petr ^d   Maccarthy, Philip ^e   Olivecrona, Goran K ^f   Windecker, Stephan ^g   Spaulding, Christian ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^e KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Coronary angiography; PCI

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CANGRELOR; CLOPIDOGREL; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; PRASUGREL; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; TICAGRELOR; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; COMA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT THROMBOSIS; CARDIOLOGY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84902346188     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV10I1A7     Document Type: Review

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