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Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 191-192 , May 2010

Endomyocardial fibrosis as a cause of Budd–Chiari syndrome and fatal pulmonary embolism

Reinaldo B. Bestetti
- Setor de Eletrocardiografia, Hospital de Base, Av. Faria Lima, 5544, 15090-000, São José do Rio Preto City, Brazil.
- Corresponding author.
Carolina M.P.D.C. Silva
- Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Base, São José do Rio Preto Medical School, São José do Rio Preto City, Brazil
Sabrina Q. Ardito
- Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Base, São José do Rio Preto Medical School, São José do Rio Preto City, Brazil
Tatiana A.D. Theodoropoulos
- Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Base, São José do Rio Preto Medical School, São José do Rio Preto City, Brazil
Patrícia M. Cury
- Division of Pathology, Hospital de Base, São José do Rio Preto Medical School, São José do Rio Preto City, Brazil
Hélio A.R. Corbucci
- Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Base, São José do Rio Preto Medical School, São José do Rio Preto City, Brazil

Received 5 January 2008 ,Revised 7 June 2008 ,Accepted 7 June 2008.

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