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Yale launches landmark VIRGO study of young women with heart disease

The largest, most comprehensive study of young women with heart attacks -- VIRGO (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes in Young AMI patients) -- was recently launched at Yale School of Medicine with a $9.7 million National Institutes of Health grant.

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