American Heart Journal
Volume 152, Issue 4 , Pages 661-667 , October 2006

Rationale for establishing regional ST-elevation myocardial infarction receiving center (SRC) networks

  • Ivan C. Rokos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Olive View-University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ivan C. Rokos, MD, Olive View-UCLA, Department of Emergency Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 14445 Olive View Dr, Sylmar, CA 91342.
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  • David M. Larson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia, MN
    • ,
  • Timothy D. Henry, MD

      Affiliations

    • Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN
    • ,
  • William J. Koenig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Marc Eckstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California (LAC/USC), Los Angeles, CA
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  • William J. French, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harbor-University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA
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  • Christopher B. Granger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Matthew T. Roe, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Received 8 February 2006 ,Accepted 4 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.06.001

American Heart Journal
Volume 152, Issue 4 , Pages 661-667 , October 2006

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