Post myocardial infarction left ventricular free wall rupture diagnosed by multidetector computed tomography
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Post-myocardial Infarction Left Ventricular Free-wall Rupture
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.2006.094433