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. 2006 Dec;92(12):1866-72.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.073627.

Assessment of cardiac risk before non-cardiac general surgery

Olaf Schouten  1 , Jeroen J Bax, Don Poldermans
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Assessment of cardiac risk before non-cardiac general surgery

Olaf Schouten et al. Heart. 2006 Dec.
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