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Comment
. 2021 Jan;111(1):376.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.013. Epub 2020 May 31.

COVID-19 May Be Exacerbated by Right-to-Left Interatrial Shunt

Rajkumar Rajendram  1 , G Abbas Kharal  2 , Rishi Puri  3
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COVID-19 May Be Exacerbated by Right-to-Left Interatrial Shunt

Rajkumar Rajendram et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jan.
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