Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 7-13 , January 2008

Echocardiography in Pericardial Disease

  • Samuel Wann, MD, FASE

      Affiliations

    • Wisconsin Heart Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Samuel Wann, MD, Wisconsin Heart Hospital, 10000 Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226.
    • ,
  • Edward Passen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.

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doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.11.003

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 7-13 , January 2008

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