European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 409-416 , September 2007

Prognostic differences between routine invasive and conservative strategies for the management of high-risk, non-ST segment acute coronary syndromes: Experience from two consecutive periods in a single center

Received 5 June 2006 ,Revised 6 November 2006 ,Accepted 15 December 2006.

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☆ This work was supported by a grant from RECAVA-FIS.

PII: S0953-6205(07)00142-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.12.011

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 409-416 , September 2007

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