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Assessment of Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Evaluation of the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction Using Computer Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) Trial and Its Future Implications

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Kligerman, S., White, C. Assessment of Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Evaluation of the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction Using Computer Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) Trial and Its Future Implications. Curr Cardiol Rep 13, 6–8 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-010-0147-0

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