Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 164-167 , February 2002

Cardiology and emergency medicine: United We Stand, divided we fall

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☆ Address for reprints: W. Brian Gibler, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0769; 513-558-8086, fax 513-558-4599; E-mail brian.gibler@uc.edu .

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.121469

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 164-167 , February 2002

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