Advances in Interventional Cardiology
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Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej
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Enhancing reperfusion in a large thrombus burden STEMI patient with intracoronary thrombolysis: back to the future?

George Kassimis
1
,
Georgios Zormpas
1
,
Athina Nasoufidou
1
,
Konstantinos C. Theodoropoulos
2
,
Antonios Ziakas
2
,
Nikolaos Fragakis
1

  1. 2nd Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  2. 1st Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Adv Interv Cardiol
Online publish date: 2025/12/03
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