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GIBBONS ET AL., MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC STABLE ANGINA UPDATE
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ACC/AHA 2002 Guideline Update for the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina

A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina)

This is a Guideline Update of the 1999 Chronic Stable Angina Guidelines. To highlight the changes, deleted text is indicated by strikeout, and revised text is presented in brown. A clean version of the document, with changes fully incorporated, is available for download and print.

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