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Risk assessment after myocardial infarction: Have the rules changed with thrombolytic therapy?

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    Mario S. Verani

  2. Department of Nuclear Cardiology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex.

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Verani, M.S. Risk assessment after myocardial infarction: Have the rules changed with thrombolytic therapy?. J Nucl Cardiol 3 (Suppl 6), S50–S59 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1071-3581(96)90208-1

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