Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 711-728 , December 2008

Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction

  • Michael Holzer, MD (Associate Professor for Emergency Medicine)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Universitätsklinik für Notfallmedizin, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18–20/6D, 1090 Wien, Austria. Tel.: +43 1 40400 1964; Fax: +43 1 40400 1965.
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  • Wilhelm Behringer, MD (Associate Professor for Emergency Medicine)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2008.02.001

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Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 711-728 , December 2008

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