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. 2013 Feb;16(2):196-7; discussion 197.
doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs569.

eComment. The use of mechanical assistance devices in post-infarction ventricular septal defects

Giacomo Bianchi  1 , Marco Solinas, Mattia Glauber
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eComment. The use of mechanical assistance devices in post-infarction ventricular septal defects

Giacomo Bianchi et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Feb.
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