Hospital triage of acute myocardial infarction: Is admission to the coronary care unit still necessary?

Am Heart J. 2016 May:175:172-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2016.01.009. Epub 2016 Jan 23.

Authors

Michael G Silverman¹, David A Morrow²

Affiliations

¹ Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and the TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
² Levine Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and the TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: dmorrow@partners.org.

PMID: 27179737
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2016.01.009

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Publication types

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MeSH terms

Coronary Care Units*
Electrocardiography
Hospitalization
Humans
Myocardial Infarction
Patient Admission
Triage*