Cardiac evaluation of stroke in young patients

 

P C Sree Ranga¹, Jagadish H R^2*, P G Girish³

 

¹Assistant Professor, ²Associate Professor, ³Professor and HOD, Department of Cardiology, PMSSY, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, INDIA.

Email: drrangacardio@gmail.com

 

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