JCCVS

Journal of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery scientific, open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal covering a wide spectrum of topics in cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.

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Letter to the Editor
COVID-19 and cardiocerebral infarction: anecdotal or empiric link? - A call for rigourous data
We write to bring to cognisance, an incipient but interesting concern in interdisciplinary brain and cardiovascular science.


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Volume 4, Issue 2, 2026
Page : 51-53
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