0012: Rehabilitation early after heart transplantation: modalities and feasibility
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Physical rehabilitation in heart transplantation*
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1878-6480
DOI: 10.1016/s1878-6480(15)71730-1