Stent for Life in Portugal: This initiative is here to stay

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 363-370

  Pereira, Hélder ^a   Pinto, Fausto J ^b   Calé, Rita ^a   Pereira, Ernesto ^a   Marques, Jorge ^c   Almeida, Manuel ^d   De Mello, Sofia ^e   Martins, Luís Dias ^f  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Hospital of Braga   (Portugal)

^d Cardiology Dpt Hospital Sta Cruz   (Portugal)

^e SFL Project Manager   (Portugal)

^f INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Primary percutaneous coronary intervention; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PORTUGAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PORTUGAL; STENTS;

EID: 84904796479     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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