Primary angioplasty without on-site surgical back-up: The first experience with mobile catherization facility

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 645-648

  Akdemir, Ramazan ^a   Ozhan, Hakan ^a   Erbilen, Enver ^a   Yazici, Mehmet ^a   Albayrak, Sinan ^a   Gunduz, Huseyin ^a   Uyan, Cihangir ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RESTENOSIS; RETREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 8844230356     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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