STEMI and NSTEMI are two distinct pathophysiological entities [1]

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2685-

  Rott, David ^a   Leibowitz, David ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING CESSATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; MORTALITY; NOTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35948941871     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm368     Document Type: Letter

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