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Carolina María Peixoto Vieira Viseu Ferreira1, Souhayla Souaf2, Amparo Martínez Monzonís3

  • 1Department of Surgery and Medico-Surgical Specialities. University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
|May 14, 2024
PubMed
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Keywords:
esophageal carcinomaesophagopericardial fistulapurulent pericarditis

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