Eight challenges faced by general practitioners caring for patients after an acute coronary syndrome

Mendelsohn, Colin P; Camp, Paul V

doi:10.5694/mja15.00242

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To the Editor: We would like to comment on some important inaccuracies in Vickery and Thompson's article on general practitioner management of patients after an acute coronary syndrome.1

1 The Sydney Clinic, Sydney, NSW.
2 Mater Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.

Correspondence: mendel@bigpond.net.au

Competing interests:

Colin Mendelsohn has received payments for teaching, consulting and conference expenses from Pfizer Australia, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson Pacific.

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