ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation

European Heart Journal - Tập 33 Số 20 - Trang 2569-2619 - 2012
Philippe Gabríel Steg, Stefan James, Dan Atar, Luigi Frati, Carina Blomström‐Lundqvist, Michael A. Borger, Carlo Di Mario, Kenneth Dickstein, Grégory Ducrocq, Francisco Fernández‐Avilés, Anthony Gershlick, Pantaleo Giannuzzi, Sigrun Halvorsen, Kurt Huber, Peter Jüni, Adnan Kastrati, Juhani Knuuti, Mattie Lenzen, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Marco Valgimigli, Arnoud W J van ‘t Hof, Maarit Venermo, Doron Zahger

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