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European Heart Journal 2001 22(9):722-724; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2591
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ST-segment elevation resolution — a surrogate for infarct vessel patency or myocardial perfusion, but a call for rescue?

R.G. Wilcox

University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, U.K.

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