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Three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in Loeffler endocarditis

Case report from the MAGYAR-Path Study

Dreidimensionale Speckle-Tracking-Echokardiographie bei Löffler-Endokarditis

Kasuistik aus der MAGYAR-Path-Studie

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Dr. Attila Nemes holds a János Bolyai Research Fellowship (Budapest, Hungary).

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  1. 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, Medical Faculty, Albert-Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Korányi Fasor 6, 6720, Szeged, Hungary

    A. Nemes MD, PhD, FESC, A. Kalapos, P. Domsik & T. Forster

  2. Division of Hematology, 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, Medical Faculty, Albert-Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

    I. Marton & Z. Borbényi

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Nemes, A., Kalapos, A., Domsik, P. et al. Three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in Loeffler endocarditis. Herz 39, 722–724 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-013-3864-5

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