Acta Med. 2011, 54: 77-79

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.23

CASE 2-2011: Cardiac Amyloidosis

Jaroslav Dušeka, Adéla Matějkováb, Jaroslava Bednářováb

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, The First Department of Internal Medicine, Czech Republic
bCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, The Fingerland Department of Pathology, Czech Republic

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