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Critical Echocardiogram Result Lost to Follow-up

Noelle Boctor  1 , Mithu Molla  2
In: WebM&M: Case Studies [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2019 Oct.
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Critical Echocardiogram Result Lost to Follow-up

Noelle Boctor et al.
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None of the authors has any affiliation or financial involvement that conflicts with the material presented in this report

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