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Editorial
. 2017 Aug 8;136(6):546-548.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029340.

When Lightning Strikes: Fulminant Myocarditis in the Realm of Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies

Leslie T Cooper Jr  1
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Editorial

When Lightning Strikes: Fulminant Myocarditis in the Realm of Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies

Leslie T Cooper Jr. Circulation. .

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Keywords: Editorials; heart failure; myocarditis.

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