Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 575-576 , December 2004

Chest pain in the emergency department: In search of the Holy Grail

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 The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

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PII: S0196-0644(04)00571-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.06.001

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 575-576 , December 2004

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