Misdiagnosis Cardiac Metastasis Presented as a Pseudo-Infarction on Electrocardiography
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Misdiagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Heart Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1349-2365,1349-3299
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.48.399