Rescue angioplasty: Does the concept need to be rescued?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-299

  Grines, Cindy L ^a   O'Neill, William W ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOPLASTY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242660108     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.05.002     Document Type: Editorial

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