Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy

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

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Authors

Amer Hawatmeh

Department of Cardiology, Saint Michael's Medical Center, New York Medical College, New Jersey, USA
Habib Habib

Department of Cardiology, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, New York Medical College, New Jersey, USA
Fayez Shamoon

Department of Cardiology, Saint Michael's Medical Center, New York Medical College, New Jersey, USA

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