Medical reversal, clinical trials, and the "late" open artery hypothesis in acute myocardial infarction

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1643-1644

  Moscucci, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 80054769769     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.299     Document Type: Note

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