Scintigraphic non-invasive diagnosis of amyloid cardiomyopathy

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Laroussi Mohamed-Salem*
Tomás E Rodríguez-Locarno
Tatiana Moreno-Monsalve
Isabel Castellón-Sánchez
José F Contreras-Gutiérrez
Antonia Claver-Valderas

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Mohamed-Salem, L., Rodríguez-Locarno, T. E., Moreno-Monsalve, T., Castellón-Sánchez, I., Contreras-Gutiérrez, J. F., & Claver-Valderas, A. (2019). Scintigraphic non-invasive diagnosis of amyloid cardiomyopathy. Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 4(3), 156–158. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.jccm.1001058
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