Association of door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with ST elevation myocardial infarction: national cohort study.

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Published in BMJ on May 19, 2009

Authors

Saif S Rathore1, Jeptha P Curtis, Jersey Chen, Yongfei Wang, Brahmajee K Nallamothu, Andrew J Epstein, Harlan M Krumholz, National Cardiovascular Data Registry

Author Affiliations

1: Yale University School of Medicine, 367 Cedar Street, 316 ESH, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA. saif.rathore@yale.edu

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