American Heart Journal
Volume 144, Issue 3 , Pages 549-560 , September 2002

Highlights from the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions 2002: March 17 to 20, 2002

Received 2 April 2001 ,Accepted 15 April 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: Sunil Rao, MD, Duke Clinical Research Institute, PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715.

☆☆ E-mail: rao00010@mc.duke.edu

PII: S0002-8703(02)00122-9

doi: 10.1067/mhj.2002.125725

American Heart Journal
Volume 144, Issue 3 , Pages 549-560 , September 2002

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