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European Heart Journal 2001 22(4):273-276; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2435
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Editorial

The post myocardial infarction exercise test: still worthy after all of these years

E.A. Ashleya and V. Froelicherb

a Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K.
b Cardiology Division, Stanford University and Palo Alto Veterans Administration Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.

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