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The role of endomyocardial biopsy for surveillance of cardiac allograft rejection: time to move on?

Roberto Gómez-Sánchez1, Carlos Ortiz-Bautista1, Javier Castrodeza1, Zorba Blázquez-Bermejo1, Eduardo Zataraín-Nicolás1, Adolfo Villa1, Ricardo Sanz-Ruiz1, Jaime Elízaga1, Javier Bermejo1
Pubmed: 40062925

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