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Comment
. 2013 Jan;16(1):83-4.
doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs505.

eComment. Mycotic aortic aneurysms: a real challenge for the cardiac surgeon

Georgios Dimitrakakis  1 , Ulrich O von Oppell, Ahmed A Azzu
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eComment. Mycotic aortic aneurysms: a real challenge for the cardiac surgeon

Georgios Dimitrakakis et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Jan.
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