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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Joseph S. Alpert MD (Professor and Chairman, Professor of Medicine, Head) (Professor and Chairman, Professor of Medicine, Head)

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Alpert, J.S. (2001). Evaluating the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease. In: Alpert, J.S. (eds) Cardiology for the primary care Physician. Current Medicine Group. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6601-4_1

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