Wide-complex tachycardias in the ED: how do we make good care even better?

CJEM

Departments of Emergency Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Rm C231 Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada.

Published: March 2022

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