Single-Stage Treatment of Extensive Aortic Pathology Using the Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure
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عنوان ژورنال: The Heart Surgery Forum
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1522-6662,1098-3511
DOI: 10.1532/hsf.3063