Ruling out coronary heart disease in primary care patients with chest pain: a clinical prediction score.

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Published in BMC Med on January 21, 2010

Authors

Baris Gencer1, Paul Vaucher, Lilli Herzig, François Verdon, Christiane Ruffieux, Stefan Bösner, Bernard Burnand, Thomas Bischoff, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Bernard Favrat

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. bernard.favrat@hospvd.ch

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