American Heart Journal
Volume 143, Issue 5 , Pages 745-747 , May 2002

Is more better?

Received 9 November 2001 ,Accepted 27 November 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: Ira S. Nash, MD, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mt Sinai Medical Center, Box 1030, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029.

☆☆ E-mail: ira.nash@msnyuhealth.org

PII: S0002-8703(02)22093-1

doi: 10.1067/mhj.2002.122117

American Heart Journal
Volume 143, Issue 5 , Pages 745-747 , May 2002

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