Importance of hospital entry: walk-in STEMI and primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

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Published in West J Emerg Med on February 01, 2014

Authors

Eric Bansal1, Rahul Dhawan1, Brittany Wagman2, Garren Low2, Ling Zheng3, Linda Chan2, Kim Newton4, Stuart P Swadron4, Nicholas Testa4, David M Shavelle1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
2: Office of Biostatistics and Outcomes Assessment, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
3: Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
4: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

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