2011 ACCF/AHA Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Tập 57 Số 19 - Trang e215-e367 - 2011
R. Scott Wright, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Cynthia D. Adams, Charles R. Bridges, Donald E. Casey, Steven M. Ettinger, Francis M. Fesmire, Théodore G. Ganiats, Hani Jneid, A. Michael Lincoff, Eric E. Smith, George J. Philippides, Robert P. Giugliano, Nanette K. Wenger, James P. Zidar

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