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HEART Score Agreement Between Attending and Resident Emergency Medicine Physicians for Patients With Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome

Joel C. Mosley, Greggory R. Davis and Michael H. Truax
Ochsner Journal May 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.24.0108
Joel C. Mosley
1Emergency Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
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Greggory R. Davis
2Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
3Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences School of Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
PhD
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Michael H. Truax Jr
2Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
3Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences School of Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
MD
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