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Successful mitral repair for central bridge double-orifice mitral valve via right minithoracotomy
Kazuki Hisatomi1, Shunsuke Taguchi1, Ichiro Matsumaru1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
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