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Editorial
. 2004 Dec;90(12):1371-3.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.035766.

Interplay of diabetes and coronary heart disease on cardiovascular mortality

F Boccara, A Cohen
Editorial

Interplay of diabetes and coronary heart disease on cardiovascular mortality

F Boccara et al. Heart. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

Patients with both diabetes mellitus and prior myocardial infarction are at particularly high risk for cardiovascular mortality.

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