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Vol. 145 No. 2526 (2015)

Left ventricular thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction: vigilance still required in the modern era

  • Franz Robert Eberli
  • Crochan John O'Sullivan
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2015.14158
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14158
Published
14.06.2015

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