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Management of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a guide for primary care practitioners
Dominique de Waard, Andrew Fagan, Christo Minnaar and David Horne
CMAJ May 10, 2021 193 (19) E689-E694; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.191108
Dominique de Waard
Faculty of Medicine (de Waard, Fagan, Horne), Dalhousie University; Division of Cardiac Surgery (de Waard, Fagan, Horne), QEII Hospital, Halifax, NS; Bethesda Hospital (Minnaar), Steinbach, Man.
MDAndrew Fagan
Faculty of Medicine (de Waard, Fagan, Horne), Dalhousie University; Division of Cardiac Surgery (de Waard, Fagan, Horne), QEII Hospital, Halifax, NS; Bethesda Hospital (Minnaar), Steinbach, Man.
MDChristo Minnaar
Faculty of Medicine (de Waard, Fagan, Horne), Dalhousie University; Division of Cardiac Surgery (de Waard, Fagan, Horne), QEII Hospital, Halifax, NS; Bethesda Hospital (Minnaar), Steinbach, Man.
MDDavid Horne
Faculty of Medicine (de Waard, Fagan, Horne), Dalhousie University; Division of Cardiac Surgery (de Waard, Fagan, Horne), QEII Hospital, Halifax, NS; Bethesda Hospital (Minnaar), Steinbach, Man.
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Management of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a guide for primary care practitioners
Dominique de Waard, Andrew Fagan, Christo Minnaar, David Horne
CMAJ May 2021, 193 (19) E689-E694; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.191108
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