Supremacy of echocardiography in the diagnostic workup of systemic AL amyloidosis.

Eur Heart J

Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - IRCCS Italian Cardiovascular Network, Genoa, Italy.

Published: September 2020

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