Cholesterol pericarditis with massive pericardial cholesterol cyst.

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  • F Alsemgeest
  • Stefan R Spiegelenberg
  • Otto Kamp
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • European heart journal

دوره 33 13  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012