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Cor pulmonale

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  • Karl Swedberg, senior professor och överläkare, Enheten för akut och kardiovaskulär medicin, Institutionen för medicin, Sahlgrenska Akademin, Göteborg

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  • Bjørnar Grenne, specialistläkare och med. dr, Sørlandet sykehus, Arendal