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Detection of an Atrioesophageal Fistula on a Transthoracic Echocardiogram.

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SUBMITTER: Angulo CI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6058278 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Detection of an Atrioesophageal Fistula on a Transthoracic Echocardiogram.

Angulo Clara I CI El Tallawi Kinan Carlos KC Avenatti Eleonora E Sukumaran Anakara A Quinones Miguel M Nagueh Sherif F SF

CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) 20170828 4

PMID: 30062263

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