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Pre-hospital treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome: Recommendations for medical emergency teams. Expert position update 2022

Jacek Kubica1, Piotr Adamski1, Jerzy R. Ładny2, Jarosław Kaźmierczak3, Tomasz Fabiszak1, Krzysztof Filipiak4, Robert Gajda5, Mariusz Gąsior6, Zbigniew Gąsior7, Robert Gil8, Jarosław Gorący9, Stefan Grajek10, Leszek Gromadziński11, Marcin Gruchała12, Grzegorz Grześk13, Piotr Hoffman14, Miłosz J. Jaguszewski12, Marianna Janion15, Piotr Jankowski1617, Zbigniew Kalarus18, Jarosław D. Kasprzak19, Andrzej Kleinrok20, Wacław Kochman21, Aldona Kubica1, Wiktor Kuliczkowski22, Jacek Legutko23, Maciej Lesiak10, Klaudiusz Nadolny24, Eliano P. Navarese1, Piotr Niezgoda1, Małgorzata Ostrowska1, Przemysław Paciorek1, Jolanta Siller-Matula2526, Łukasz Szarpak2728, Dariusz Timler29, Adam Witkowski30, Wojciech Wojakowski31, Andrzej Wysokiński32, Marzenna Zielińska33
DOI: 10.5603/MRJ.2022.0013
Medical Research Journal 2022;7(1):94-104.

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