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Atypical Chest Pain: Fact or Fiction?

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  1. Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Jessica Roberts

  2. Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Luke Phillips

  3. Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Luke Phillips

  4. The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Luke Phillips

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  1. Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Ralph Junckerstorff

  2. Rheumatology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Sharmayne Brady

  3. General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Ar Kar Aung

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Roberts, J., Phillips, L. (2023). Atypical Chest Pain: Fact or Fiction?. In: Junckerstorff, R., Brady, S., Aung, A.K. (eds) Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_39

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