Myth of the Month: MONA for acute treatment of chest pain?

Dr. Tubbesing is a senior resident in medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Paauw is professor of medicine in the division of general internal medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle, and he serves as third-year medical student clerkship director at the University of Washington. Contact Dr. Paauw at dpaauw@uw.edu.

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