Cardiac sarcoidosis mimicking arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Steger, Christina Maria ^a   Hager, Thomas ^a   Antretter, Herwig ^a   Hoyer, Hans Xaver ^b   Altenberger, Johann ^b   Pölzl, Gerhard ^a   Müller, Ludwig ^a   Höfer, Daniel ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Salzburger Landeskliniken   (Austria)

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EID: 84896511057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2204     Document Type: Article

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