Brief reportsPrevention of left ventricular remodeling by long-term corticosteroid therapy in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis
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Acknowledgment
We thank Wei-Chih Hsu, MD, Section of Neurology, Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, for his assistance in statistical analysis. Also, we thank Chikao Yutani, MD, Director, Department of Pathology, for his thoughtful suggestions in preparing this report.
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This work was supported by the Grant for Cardiovascular Diseases from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan.
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