Editorial Comment: Selective sinus repair in acute type A dissection
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Successful Repair of Type a Aortic Dissection in a Term Pregnancy: A Case Report
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1873-734X,1010-7940
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt065