Decreased patient charges following implementation of point-of-care cardiac troponin monitoring in acute coronary syndrome patients in a community hospital cardiology unit
- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry
- Vol. 370 (1-2) , 191-195
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2006.02.011
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