The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 687-690 , August 2008

Another Kind of Broken Heart

  • Charles S. Smith, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Charles S. Smith, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0124, San Francisco, CA 94143-0124.
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  • Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD

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 Charles M. Wiener, MD, Section Editor

PII: S0002-9343(08)00266-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.03.015

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 687-690 , August 2008

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