A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE INJECTION THERAPY FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION DURING THE NECROTIC STAGE

Sebastian Skatulla, Dieter Legner, Ritesh Rao Rama, James Mbewu, Carlo Sansour, Neil Davies, Thomas Franz

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