Amiodarone in cardiac transplant waiting list patients with severe heart failure
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عنوان ژورنال: Russian Journal of Transplantology and Artificial Organs
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2412-6160,1995-1191
DOI: 10.15825/1995-1191-2017-2-133-138