The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 9 , Pages 833-835 , September 2009

A False Alarm

  • Manu Kaushik, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Manu Kaushik, MBBS, MD, Internal Medicine, Suite 5850, 601 N 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68131
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  • Venkata M. Alla, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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  • Aryan Mooss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE

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 Julia H. Indik, MD, PhD, Section Editor

 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: There are no financial conflicts of interest or relevant disclosures with respect to any of the authors.

 Authorship: We affirm that all authors had access to the data and a role in writing the manuscript, and that the manuscript is entirely original.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00480-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.05.005

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 9 , Pages 833-835 , September 2009

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