A study on the prevalence of dilated cardiomyopathy in chronic alcoholics

 

R Panneer Selvam¹, Raqib Abbas N^2*, Seetha Rami Reddy Mallampati³

 

¹Assistant Professor, ^2,3Post Graduate, Department of General Medicine, Vinayaka Missions Medical College and Hospitals- Karaikal.

Email: raqib91@gmail.com

 

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