Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Versus Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Score in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Chest Pain and a Nondiagnostic Electrocardiogram
โ Scribed by Khim Leng Tong; Sanjiv Kaul; Xin-Qun Wang; Diana Rinkevich; Saul Kalvaitis; Todd Belcik; Wolfgang Lepper; William A. Foster; Kevin Wei
- Book ID
- 119265099
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1558-3597
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