Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Complication after Endomyocardial Biopsy
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Mailing Address: Viviane Tiemi Hotta • Unidade Clínica de Miocardiopatias do InCor/FMUSP. Av. Doutor Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 44. Postal Code 05403-000, São Paulo, SP Brazil E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Manuscript received January 24, 2017, revised manuscript February 08, 2017, accepted February 08, 2017
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