American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 1 , Pages 121-127 , January 2008

Guideline adjudicated fibrinolytic failure: Incidence, findings, and management in a contemporary clinical trial

  • Christopher E. Buller, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christopher E. Buller, MD, University of British Columbia, Diamond Ambulatory Care Centre, 9th Floor, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 1M9
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  • Robert C. Welsh, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Canadian VIGOUR Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Cynthia M. Westerhout, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Canadian VIGOUR Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • John G. Webb, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Blair O'Neill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Richard Gallo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Paul W. Armstrong, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Canadian VIGOUR Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Received 12 June 2007 ,Accepted 20 August 2007.

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PII: S0002-8703(07)00713-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.08.027

American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 1 , Pages 121-127 , January 2008

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