American Heart Journal
Volume 144, Issue 5 , Pages 750-752 , November 2002

Risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes: The need for continued vigilance in “low-risk” patients

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☆ Reprint requests: E. Magnus Ohman, MD, UNC-Chapel Hill, Division of Cardiology, 338 Burnett-Womack Building, CB# 7075, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7075.

☆☆ E-mail: mohman@med.unc.edu

PII: S0002-8703(02)00181-3

doi: 10.1067/mhj.2002.126117

American Heart Journal
Volume 144, Issue 5 , Pages 750-752 , November 2002

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