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Incidence and Clinical Profile of Bleeding Among Adult Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Admitted in a Tertiary Hospital (BLEED-ACS)

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Michael Anthony C. Estur, MD; Felix Eduardo Punzalan, MD; Paul Ferdinand Reganit, MD;  Elmer Jasper Llanes, MD 

Philippine General Hospital, Manila 

 

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