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1993 • 1,311 citations

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1996 • 1,298 citations

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2002 • 857 citations

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2003 • 818 citations

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2002 • 610 citations

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2000 • 541 citations

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1993 • 224 citations

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1997 • 180 citations

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2002 • 170 citations

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2002 • 169 citations

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1999 • 157 citations

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2000 • 154 citations

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1997 • 145 citations

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2001 • 73 citations

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2000 • 62 citations

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1999 • 62 citations

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2000 • 52 citations

A matched comparison of the combination of prehospital thrombolysis and standby rescue angioplasty with primary angioplasty

1999 • 48 citations

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2001 • 41 citations

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1997 • 41 citations

Primary angioplasty versus thrombolysis in inferior acute myocardial infarction with anterior ST-segment depression, a single-center randomized study

1996 • 36 citations

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1999 • 35 citations

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2000 • 32 citations

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1998 • 31 citations

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2001 • 25 citations

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2000 • 20 citations

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1994 • 19 citations

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1998 • 19 citations

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1999 • 15 citations

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1999 • 12 citations

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1999 • 9 citations

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1997 • 8 citations

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1999 • 8 citations

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1997 • 1 citations

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1998 • 1 citations

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1998 • 1 citations