Cor Vasa 2019, 61(1):93-94 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2018.04.001

Peritoneal dialysis as successful treatment in patient with end-stage congestive heart failure due to endomyocardial fibrosis

Francesco Sbranaa, Antonio Cionib, Vladyslav Chubuchnya, Claudia Taddeia, Roberto Bigazzib, Emilio Maria Pasanisia
a Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
b U.O. di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Dipartimento di Medicina clinica e ad indirizzo specialistico - Ospedale di Livorno, Livorno, Italy

Received: October 23, 2017; Accepted: April 8, 2018; Published: March 21, 2019  Show citation

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Sbrana F, Cioni A, Chubuchny V, Taddei C, Bigazzi R, Pasanisi EM. Peritoneal dialysis as successful treatment in patient with end-stage congestive heart failure due to endomyocardial fibrosis. Cor Vasa. 2019;61(1):93-94. doi: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2018.04.001.
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