Biventricular involvement in cardiac sarcoidosis
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Cardiac Sarcoidosis Culminating in Severe Biventricular Failure
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.064089