Left ventricular injury: Beware the wire.
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SUBMITTER: Dershowitz L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8302881 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Left ventricular injury: Beware the wire.
Dershowitz Lyle L Wolbinski Mariusz M Bapat Vinayak V George Isaac I Kodali Susheel S
JTCVS techniques 20200308
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