Complete atrioventricular block in a patient with intracardiac metastases from malignant melanoma.

Eur J Echocardiogr

Division of Cardiology, National Cancer Institute, Sen. Pascale Foundation, via Mariano Semmola, 80131 Naples, Italy.

Published: August 2011

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