A case of constrictive pericarditis due to angiosarcoma mimicking acute ST elevation myocardial infarction.
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SUBMITTER: Barıs VO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5368452 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
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A case of constrictive pericarditis due to angiosarcoma mimicking acute ST elevation myocardial infarction.
Barış Veysel Özgür VÖ Göksülük Hüseyin H Candemir Başar B Okçu Heper Aylin A
Anatolian journal of cardiology 20160401 4
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