By Sohail Zahid MD, Ph.D and Waqas Haque MD
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Clinical Case
An elderly gentleman with a medical history of coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, stage III chronic kidney disease, insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus, and …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
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