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Editorial
. 2007 Apr;93(4):415-6.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.100248.

Value of rapid-access chest pain clinics

Roger M Boyle
Editorial

Value of rapid-access chest pain clinics

Roger M Boyle. Heart. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

Rapid-access chest pain clinics have contributed enormously to improvements under the NSF coronary heart disease banner.

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Competing interests: None.

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