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Miguel Vicente1, Domingas Baião2, José Ricardo2
1Cardiovascular and Thoracic Centre - Clínica Girassol, Luanda, Angola; Cardiology Department, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Coimbra, Portugal.
JACC. Advances
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