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From ST-segment Myocardial Infarction Networks to Stroke Networks – When Time Is Tissue Cover

From ST-segment Myocardial Infarction Networks to Stroke Networks – When Time Is Tissue

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|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jce-2025-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2457-5518 | Journal ISSN: 2457-550X
Language: English
Page range: 75 - 82
Submitted on: Sep 8, 2024
Accepted on: Oct 5, 2024
Published on: Jul 1, 2025
Published by: Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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