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Thrombolytics in elderly patients: a triumph of hope over experience?
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Thrombolytics in elderly patients: a triumph of hope over experience?
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Comment in
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Fibrinolytic therapy for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.CMAJ. 2002 Mar 19;166(6):708; author reply 708, 710. CMAJ. 2002. PMID: 11944752 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Comment on
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Age-related differences in in-hospital mortality and the use of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction.CMAJ. 2001 May 1;164(9):1285-90. CMAJ. 2001. PMID: 11341137 Free PMC article.
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