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To divert or not to divert prehospital ST-elevation myocardial infarction: What is the question?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Jerome R. Hoffman  and
Richelle J. Cooper
Jerome R. Hoffman
Affiliation:
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Richelle J. Cooper*
Affiliation:
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
*
924 Westwood Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles CA 90024; richelle@ucla.edu

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Keywords

STEMIprehospital diversionPCI centre
Type
Editorials • Éditoriaux
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 5 , September 2009 , pp. 423 - 425
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2009

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