Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages 691-692 , May 2009

Electrocardiographic Research on Left Bundle Branch Block Must Use Angiographic Outcomes and Proportionality If It Is to Guide Reperfusion Therapy

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.034

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages 691-692 , May 2009

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