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European Heart Journal 2002 23(11):840-842; doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.3148
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Nothing is lower than 0, and 3 is closer to 0 than to 5—medicine is not arithmetic

A. Colombo and G. Stankovic

Columbus Hospital and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

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