Systematic review and meta-analysis of the benefits of out-of-hospital 12-lead ECG and advance notification in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Nam, Julian ^a   Caners, Kyla ^a   Bowen, James M ^a,b   Welsford, Michelle ^a,c   O'Reilly, Daria ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL 12 LEAD ECG; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905001497     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.11.016     Document Type: Review

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