Cardiac amyloidosis: a treatable disease, often overlooked.
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From the Cardiac Amyloidosis Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, MA. The online-only Data Supplement is available with this article at http://circ.ahajournals.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA. 110.010447/-/DC1. Correspondence to Rodney H. Falk, MD, Department of Cardiology, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, 133 Brookline Ave, Boston MA 02215. E-mail [email protected] (Circulation. 2011;124:1079-1085.) © 2011 American Heart Association, Inc.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Circulation
دوره 124 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011