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Nationwide prevalence and trends in acute cardiovascular events and in-hospital mortality among adult African Americans with sickle cell trait

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA, 30033, USA

    Rupak Desai

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, St John’s Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York, NY, USA

    Snehal Bansod

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York, NY, USA

    Upenkumar Patel

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Desai, R., Bansod, S. & Patel, U. Nationwide prevalence and trends in acute cardiovascular events and in-hospital mortality among adult African Americans with sickle cell trait. Ann Hematol 99, 2207–2209 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-04073-8

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