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Highlights From the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2021

30m · JAMA Medical News · 22 Nov 16:00

JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi talks with Manesh Patel, MD, about the latest trials and topics from the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions meeting. Patel is chief of the division of cardiology at Duke University School of Medicine and this year’s Scientific Sessions conference chair.

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