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BASHORE ET AL., ACC/SCA&I CLINICAL EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT ON CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY STANDARDS
JACC VOL. 37, NO. 8, JUNE 2001:2170-214

American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Standards

A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents

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