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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Avicenna J Med 2017; 07(02): 79-80
DOI: 10.4103/ajm.AJM_27_17
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Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy

Amer Hawatmeh
Department of Cardiology, Saint Michael's Medical Center, New York Medical College, New Jersey, USA
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Habib Habib
Department of Cardiology, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, New York Medical College, New Jersey, USA
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Fayez Shamoon
Department of Cardiology, Saint Michael's Medical Center, New York Medical College, New Jersey, USA
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