Acute myocardial infarction

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lapointe Shaw, Lauren ^a   Bell Prof , Chaim M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BALLOON DILATATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84893116128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f7696     Document Type: Editorial

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