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Editorial
. 2023;30(1):3-5.
doi: 10.5603/CJ.2023.0008.

About vegetation size and its clinical implications

Isidre Vilacosta  1
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Editorial

About vegetation size and its clinical implications

Isidre Vilacosta. Cardiol J. 2023.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest: None declared

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