This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees in October 2002, the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in October 2002, and the Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine in June 2002.
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