Extensive Pericardial Calcification in Constrictive Pericarditis
Journal Title: Imaging Journal of Clinical and Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Department of Internal Medicine,
Authors and Affiliations
Tariq Khurram, Arezo Farhangi, Fauzia Rana
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