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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) pertaining to the CV Therapeutics, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and
the CV Therapeutics, Inc. Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan of our
report dated March 2, 2000 with respect to the consolidated financial statements
and schedule of CV Therapeutics, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Palo Alto, California
August 11, 2000
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