Giant right coronary artery aneurysm detected by transthoracic echocardiography
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2211-4122
DOI: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_59_18