Prevalence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients Referred for Transthoracic Echocardiograms
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart, Lung and Circulation
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1443-9506
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.051