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Comment
. 2012 Nov;15(5):815.
doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs416.

eComment. The risk of loss of the breast flap after coronary artery bypass grafting

Jamil Hajj-Chahine  1 , Hassan Houmaida, Jerome Danion, Jacques Tomasi
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eComment. The risk of loss of the breast flap after coronary artery bypass grafting

Jamil Hajj-Chahine et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Nov.
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