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When STEMI is not STEMI: HIV Myocarditis Mimicking ST elevation Myocardial Infarction on Electrocardiogram: A Case Report

Jaime Alfonso M. Aherrera, Deonne Thaddeus Gauiran, Agnes D. Mejia
Dec 2013 DOI 10.69944/pjc.146788ccae

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Jaime Alfonso M. Aherrera, MD, Deonne Thaddeus Gauiran, MD, Agnes D. Mejia, MD

Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines–Philippine General Hospital

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