Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 240-243 , March 1989

Reperfusion arrhythmia: Myth or reality?

Received 26 May 1988 ,Revised 7 November 1988 ,Accepted 28 November 1988.

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 Presented at the University Association for Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, May 1988.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 240-243 , March 1989

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