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. 2010 Winter;11(1):53-6.
doi: 10.3909/ricm0536.

Patent foramen ovale. Incidental patent foramen ovale during cardiothoracic surgery: to repair or not to repair?

Quynh A Truong  1 , Ana C Garrido-Castro, Christopher P Cannon
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Patent foramen ovale. Incidental patent foramen ovale during cardiothoracic surgery: to repair or not to repair?

Quynh A Truong et al. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2010 Winter.
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