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Review
. 2003 Dec;89(12):1462-6.
doi: 10.1136/heart.89.12.1462.

Optimal management of acute ventricular septal rupture

Andrew Murday  1
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Review

Optimal management of acute ventricular septal rupture

Andrew Murday. Heart. 2003 Dec.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Incidence and mortality of surgical closure of ventricular septal rupture in the UK (1988–1999).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Transoesophageal two dimensional echocardiography of ventricular septal rupture after anterior ventricular septal rupture.
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