Cardiac echinococcosis: a multimodality approach.

Eur Heart J Case Rep

Department of Nuclear Cardiology, National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez, Juan Badiano Nº 1, Colonia Seccion XVI, Tlalpan, P.C. 14030 Mexico City, Mexico.

Published: December 2021

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