Coronary Care Unit to Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Acute Medical Cardiac Care—Adapting With the Times

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1197-1199

  Bourke, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CANADA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOLOGIST; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; HEART; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

CORONARY CARE UNITS; HEART; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 84971622029     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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