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European Heart Journal 2000 21(3):171-173; doi:10.1053/euhj.1999.1898
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Editorial

Cardiac marker elevation after cardioversion: sorting out chicken and egg

D.A. Morrow and E.M. Antman

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Ma, U.S.A.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Ma, U.S.A.

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