International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 125-130 , September 2007

Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Frame Count in Single-Vessel Disease After Angioplasty

  • Chih-Hsuan Yen

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Hung-I Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Hung-I Yeh, Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-San North Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Charles Jia-Yin Hou

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-San Chou

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Ho Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 1 August 2007.

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PII: S1873-9598(08)70033-4

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(08)70033-4

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 125-130 , September 2007

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