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. 2000 Dec;173(6):403-7.
doi: 10.1136/ewjm.173.6.403.

Chest pain evaluation units

G Quin  1
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Chest pain evaluation units

G Quin. West J Med. 2000 Dec.
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Dedicated chest pain units aim to detect patients with coronary artery disease, as is the reason for this angiogram © Mehau Kulyk/SPL
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