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European Heart Journal 2001 22(14):1153-1155; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2683
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Risk of sudden death after discharge following myocardial infarction

D.H. Birnie and S.M. Cobbe

Glasgow Royal University, Scotland, U.K.

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