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Editorial
. 2005 Aug;91(8):993-4.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.050625.

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction: time, time, and time!

P G Steg, J-M Juliard
Editorial

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction: time, time, and time!

P G Steg et al. Heart. 2005 Aug.

Abstract

Longer door-to-balloon times, total duration of ischaemia, and time of presentation relative to symptom onset all have an impact on outcome following primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

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