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What Is the government doing to cardiology?

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1510 San Pablo Street, Suite 322, 90033-9198, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Gerald M. Pohost MD

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Ramilo, M.G., Pohost, G.M. What Is the government doing to cardiology?. Curr Cardiol Rep 8, 307–308 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-006-0064-4

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