Assessing the success of fibrinolysis: Can we let the interventionalist rest?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 380-382

  Morrow, David A ^a   De Lemos, James A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EDITORIAL; EPICARDIUM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037348971     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.185     Document Type: Editorial

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