Missed opportunities in the management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the Arab Middle East: patient and physician impediments.

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Published in Clin Cardiol on September 01, 2010

Authors

Mouaz H Al-Mallah1, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Wael Almahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Mustafa Ridha, Ahmed Al-Motarreb, Fahad Alenezi, Mohammad Zubaid

Author Affiliations

1: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. mouaz74@gmail.com

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