Prevalence, clinical characteristics, resource utilization and outcome of patients with acute chest pain in the emergency department. A multicenter, prospective, observational study in north-eastern Italy.

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Published in Ital Heart J on May 01, 2003

Authors

Lucia Solinas1, Rosa Raucci, Sergio Terrazzino, Francesco Moscariello, Franco Pertoldi, Sergio Vajto, Luigi P Badano

Author Affiliations

1: Emergency Department, Civic Hospital, Tolmezzo, UD. lbadan@tin.it

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