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Characteristics of medical professional liability claims in patients with cardiovascular diseases.
Oetgen WJ, Parikh PD, Cacchione JG, et al. Am J Cardiol. 2010;105:745-752.

This study of closed malpractice claims found that diagnostic error—particularly for missed diagnoses of coronary artery disease—was the most common allegation against cardiovascular physicians.
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