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2007 Focused update of the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

Elliott M. Antman MD, FACC, FAHA, Mary Hand MSPH, RN, FAHA, Paul W. Armstrong MD, FACC, FAHA, Eric R. Bates MD, FACC, FAHA, Lee A. Green MD, MPHA, Lakshmi K. Halasyamani MD, Judith S. Hochman MD, FACC, FAHA, Harlan M. Krumholz MD, FACC, FAHA, Gervasio A. Lamas MD, FACC, Charles J. Mullany MB, MS, FACC, David L. Pearle MD, FACC, FAHA, Michael A. Sloan MD, FACC, and Sidney C. Smith Jr MD, FACC, FAHA




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