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Same-day coronary angiography and surgery safe for many patients
05-23-2007 · EurekAlert!Mayo Clinic researchers discovered it is safe -- and much more convenient and less costly -- for many patients to undergo coronary angiography and elective valve surgery on the same day, it is reported in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
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