Coronary artery disease and dilated cardiomyopathy: Where parallel universes merge

Marco Merlo^{1

2}, Martina Setti^{1

2

3}, Gianfranco Sinagra^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies, Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI), University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
² European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart).
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

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Marco Merlo et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2024 Jan.

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. 2024 Jan;26(1):56-58.

doi: 10.1002/ejhf.3095. Epub 2023 Dec 4.

Marco Merlo^{1

2}, Martina Setti^{1

2

3}, Gianfranco Sinagra^{1

2}

¹ Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies, Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI), University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
² European Reference Network for Rare, Low Prevalence and Complex Diseases of the Heart (ERN GUARD-Heart).
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

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