The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 7 , Pages 589-591 , July 2008

Out of Left Field

  • Leo Marcoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Del
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  • Pradeep Varma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn
    • ,
  • Aseem Vashist, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Aseem Vashist, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Yale School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, 3 FMP, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06516.

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 Michael Bettmann, MD, Section Editor

PII: S0002-9343(08)00267-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.03.016

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 7 , Pages 589-591 , July 2008

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