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Behind Legionella pneumonia: not just lung involvement
Patricia Irigaray Sierra1, Lucía Matute-Blanco1, Eva Pueo Crespo1
1Cardiology Department, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital: Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Institut de recerca IRBLleida, Av. Rovira Roure 80, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging
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