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Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
The peer-reviewed journal of Baylor Scott & White Health
Volume 32, 2019 - Issue 2
Case Studies
Arterial embolism in a patient with pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale
Waiel Abusnina MDDepartment of Internal Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia; Correspondence[email protected]
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http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2617-8483, , & Mehiar El-Hamdani MDDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginiahttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0066-9997
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