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ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after drowning

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  1. Internal Medicine Department, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA

    Hesham Rashad Omar, Ehab El-Khabiry & Yaseen Ali

  2. Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL, USA

    Madhu Shree Gundavaram

  3. Department of Surgery/Anesthesiology, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Enrico Mario Camporesi

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Omar, H.R., Gundavaram, M.S., El-Khabiry, E. et al. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after drowning. Intern Emerg Med 8, 447–449 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-012-0896-4

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