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Patent ductus arteriosus in older adults: incidental finding or relevant pathology?
Vennela Boyalla1, Paola Putzu, Riet Dierckx
1Department of Cardiology, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, UK.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
|February 18, 2015
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