The enigma of the weekend effect

Anoop Mathew¹, Saad Ahmed Fyyaz², Paul Richard Carter^{3

4}, Rahul Potluri⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada.
² Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ ACALM Study Unit in Collaboration with Aston Medical School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Editorial

Anoop Mathew et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;10(1):102-105.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.12.115.

Anoop Mathew¹, Saad Ahmed Fyyaz², Paul Richard Carter^{3

4}, Rahul Potluri⁴

¹ Department of Cardiology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada.
² Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ ACALM Study Unit in Collaboration with Aston Medical School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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