Primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: Is the balloon half full or half empty?

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9011, 1996, Pages 1276-1277

  Verheugt, F W A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029870487     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90933-2     Document Type: Article

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