Intervention in acute coronary syndromes: do patients undergo intervention on the basis of their risk characteristics? The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE).

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Published in Heart on June 06, 2006

Authors

K A A Fox1, F A Anderson, O H Dabbous, P G Steg, J López-Sendón, F Van de Werf, A Budaj, E P Gurfinkel, S G Goodman, D Brieger, GRACE investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Cardiovascular Research, Division of Medical & Radiological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK. k.a.a.fox@ed.ac.uk

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