George A. Stouffer, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

George A. Stouffer, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

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George A. Stouffer, M.D., of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine is the corresponding author of a new study which finds that patients who suffer a STEMI heart attack while hospitalized are 10 times more likely to die than patients who suffer a STEMI outside the hospital.

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UNC School of Medicine

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