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Risk stratification of patients with syncope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

James Quinn*
Affiliation:
Surgery and Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
*
Stanford Hospital and Clinics, 701 Welch Rd., Suite C103, Palo Alto CA 94304; [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Commentary • Commentaire
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2007

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