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Inflammation, ECG changes and pericardial effusion: whom to biopsy in suspected myocarditis?

M Pauschinger1, M Noutsias, D Lassner

  • 1Medizinische Klinik II, Department of Cardiology and Pneumonology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin, 12200, Berlin, Germany. matthias.pauschinger@charite.de

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