Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Jackie Tough Nurse consultant, Chest pain and acute coronary syndromes, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
This article examines the development of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) for the treatment of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the UK. It discusses the evidence related to PPCI, the technological advances to improve accessibility to this treatment and the nursing care of a patient undergoing this procedure.
Nursing Standard.
21, 2, 47-56.
doi: 10.7748/ns2006.09.21.2.47.c4502
Correspondence
jackie.tough@stees.nhs.uk
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