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Insertion, Maintenance, and Removal of the Percutaneous Dual Lumen Cannula Right Ventricular Assist Device
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Correction to: Unusual complications following left ventricular assisted device implantation: case series
Amjad Shalabi1,2,3,4, Erez Kachel5,6,7,8, Yigal Kassif5,6
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Ramat-Gan, Israel. amjadra3008@gmail.com.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
|September 7, 2021
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