Part 5: Acute coronary syndromes: 2015 international consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations

Circulation

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages S146-S176

  Welsford, Michelle ^a   Nikolaou, Nikolaos I ^a   Beygui, Farzin ^a   Bossaert, Leo ^a   Ghaemmaghami, Chris ^a   Nonogi, Hiroshi ^a   O'Connor, Robert E ^a   Pichel, Daniel R ^a   Scott, Tony ^a   Walters, Darren L ^a   Woolfrey, Karen G H ^a   Ali, Abdulaziz S ^a   Ching, Chi Keong ^a   Longeway, Michael ^a   Patocka, Catherine ^a   Roule, Vincent ^a   Salzberg, Simon ^a   Seto, Anthony V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Non ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes; Percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLOPIDOGREL; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; PRASUGREL; TICAGRELOR; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FIRST AID; HUMANS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 84945275993     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000274     Document Type: Article

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