Standardised pre-hospital care of acute myocardial infarction patients: MISSION! guidelines applied in practice.

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Published in Neth Heart J on September 01, 2010

Authors

J Z Atary1, M de Visser, R van den Dijk, J Bosch, S S Liem, M L Antoni, M Bootsma, E P Viergever, C J Kirchhof, I Padmos, M I Sedney, H J van Exel, H F Verwey, D E Atsma, E E van der Wal, J W Jukema, M J Schalij

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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