Megaphone message: Discouraging low-volume mitral surgery
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Pledging to Eliminate Low-Volume Surgery.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.12.012