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Aorto--left atrial fistula.
A Chinese man, aged 55 years, was admitted to hospital in January 1964, complaining of increasing shortness of breath on exertion, of about two months' duration. He had had some retrosternal chest discomfort but this was never severe, though it increased in severity following exertion. His face was noted to be swollen in the mornings and this swelling decreased towards the end of the day. In th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1967
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.29.5.807