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Rare left ventricular metastasis from uveal melanoma
Affiliations- Internal Medicine, campus Bio-Medico, Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Rome, Italy
- Radiology Department, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Urbino, Italy, Italy
- Department of Cardiology, II School of Medicine, University La Sapienza, Ospedale Sant'Andrea, Rome, Italy
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Rare left ventricular metastasis from uveal melanoma
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712-714
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2017-12-29
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10.5603/CJ.2017.0150
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Cardiol J 2017;24(6):712-714.
Authors
Enrico Maria Zardi
Giulio Cacioli
Chiara Giorgi
Emanuele Paolo Rafano Carnà
Domenico Maria Zardi
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