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16 COMMENTS - May 22, 2013 08:10 EDT
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2 COMMENTS - May 22, 2013 16:30 EDT
Patients who have an MI or develop heart failure in a part of the country with a low density of practicing cardiologists have a slightly higher risk of death at 30 days and one year compared with those who have the same clinical events in an area more densely populated with cardiologists.
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