The Usefulness of Chronic Heart Failure Treatments in Chronic Cardiac Graft Failure
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiovascular Therapeutics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1755-5914,1755-5922
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2009.00125.x