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Editorial
. 2023 Jul;120(7):e20230380.
doi: 10.36660/abc.20230380.

Transthoracic Echocardiography in Pulmonary Hypertension: Easy Tool, but Caution is Needed!

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Hugo Hyung Bok Yoo  1
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Editorial

Transthoracic Echocardiography in Pulmonary Hypertension: Easy Tool, but Caution is Needed!

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Hugo Hyung Bok Yoo. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2023 Jul.
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