A 46-Year-Old African-American Man Presents With Progressively Increasing Shortness of Breath for 4 Weeks CME

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Jing Ping Sun, MD, FACC
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Joel M. Felner, MD, FACC
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John D. Merlino, MD, FACC
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Richard O. Russell, Jr, MD, FACC
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