Outcomes and cost implications of a clinical-based algorithm to guide the discriminate use of stress imaging before noncardiac surgery. [electronic resource]
- American heart journal Jul 1997
- 83-92 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article
0002-8703
10.1016/s0002-8703(97)70110-8 doi
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