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Technique and Patient Selection Criteria of Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy for Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement
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Readmissions, mortality, and HRRP: The bane of a cardiac surgeon's existence!
Abdullah Nasif1, Saqib Masroor1
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|June 18, 2021
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