Review. Regional Networks in Acute Cardiac Care

Marton-Popovici, Monica

Review. Regional Networks in Acute Cardiac Care

Journal of Cardiovascular Emergencies

Volume 3 (2017): Issue 3 (September 2017)

By:

Monica Marton-Popovici

Open Access

|Oct 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jce-2017-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2457-5518 | Journal ISSN: 2457-550X

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Language: English

Page range: 113 - 120

Submitted on: Aug 19, 2017

Accepted on: Sep 20, 2017

Published on: Oct 25, 2017

Published by: Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED

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Keywords:

acute myocardial infarction,

acute stroke,

out-of-hospital cardiac arrest,

network,

Related subjects:

Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine,

Radiology

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