There is No Reason to Adopt ECG S and Abandon American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology History and Physical Screening for Detection of Cardiovascular Disease in the Young

Overview

Journal J Am Heart Assoc

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2019 Jul 10

PMID 31286811

Citations 7

Authors

Barry J Maron

Paul D Thompson

Martin S Maron

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Abstract

See Article Williams et al.

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