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Vol. 47. Issue 3.
Pages 162-163 (January 2011)
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Vol. 47. Issue 3.
Pages 162-163 (January 2011)
Letter to the Editor
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Haemotopsis as a First Sign of Pulmonary Venous Stenosis Secondary to Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Hemoptisis como forma de presentación de estenosis de las venas pulmonares secundaria a ablación por radiofrecuencia de la fibrilación auricular
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Carmen Calero Acuña
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, Teresa Elías Hernández
Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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