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*Chair of 2004 Writing Committee; †Recused from voting on Section 8: Anticoagulants as Ancillary Therapy and Section 10: Anticoagulants; ‡Recused from voting on Section 5: Facilitated PCI; §Canadian Cardiovascular Society Representative; American Academy of Family Physicians Representative; ¶American College of Physicians Representative; **Recused from voting on Section 7: PCI After Fibrinolysi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2211-419X
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2013.01.006