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False-Positives in the PCI Era: Roughly 1 in 10 Patients Sent to Cath Lab Unnecessarily
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Title False-Positives in the PCI Era: Roughly 1 in 10 Patients Sent to Cath Lab Unnecessarily
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567840?src=rss
Description A study says that 10% false-positive activation of catheterization laboratories should serve as a benchmark for other centers and more training to diagnose ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Critical Care
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Date Dec 22, 2007
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