Acute coronary syndromes

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-89

  Smith, Stephen W ^a,b   Whitwam, Wayne ^c  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE;

EID: 27944486125     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2005.08.008     Document Type: Review

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