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Department of Cardiology and Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China (Y. Zheng, Y.C., W.W., Y.T., C.L., M.Z., Y.S., Y.-g.-s.W ...

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Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida School of Medicine, Tampa. For Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page 1611.

ED indicates emergency department; CP, chest pain. Data were not reported for items left blank. Defined using creatine kinase-MB in all sources, except troponin was used in References 6 and 8.

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