Winning the battle against ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: Continued progress, but still a long way to go

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2580-2582

  Danchin, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY REPERFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION;

EID: 78149325292     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq342     Document Type: Note

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