Prophylaxis of Primary Ventricular Fibrillation in Acute Myocardial Infarction. The Case Against Lignocaine

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Journal Br Heart J

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 1984 Sep 1

PMID 6380549

Citations 3

Authors

P Kertes

D Hunt

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