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Editorial
. 2018 May;6(10):190.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.03.21.

Untangling the bilateral versus single internal mammary coronary artery bypass grafting debate

Emile Voisine  1 , Pierre Voisine  1
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Editorial

Untangling the bilateral versus single internal mammary coronary artery bypass grafting debate

Emile Voisine et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 May.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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