American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 91, Issue 12 , Pages 1461-1463 , 15 June 2003

Early direct coronary angioplasty in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

  • Paul C. Keelan, MB

      Affiliations

    • St. James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • T.Jared Bunch, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
    • ,
  • Roger D. White, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Anesthesiology, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
    • ,
  • Douglas L. Packer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
    • ,
  • David R. Holmes Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr. Holmes’ address is: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.

Received 13 November 2002 ,Revised 27 February 2003 ,Accepted 27 February 2003.

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PII: S0002-9149(03)00398-9

doi: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00398-9

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 91, Issue 12 , Pages 1461-1463 , 15 June 2003

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