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Gender differences in patient-reported outcomes and cardiac symptoms in patients with acute coronary syndrome in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sultan Alosaimi, Abdullah Alqarni, Turki Alkalifah, Mansor Aldaijy, Nawaf Alghamdi, Abdulltaif Altalhah, Ambreen Kazi and Waleed Alharbi
Saudi Medical Journal April 2025, 46 (4) 388-397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2025.46.20240735

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