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Commentary: Is Resternotomy Proximal Aortic Repair Still a High-Risk Procedure?
Akiko Tanaka1, Anthony L Estrera1
1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas.
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|June 26, 2021
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