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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
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Transesophageal Echocardiography for Plug Closure After Aortic Arch Replacement
Hiroki Nakamura1, Takuma Maeda1, Takamune Minote1
1Department of Anesthesiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
|January 20, 2023
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