Extrapericardial cardiac tamponade by a retrosternal haematoma after blunt chest trauma.
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a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea b Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea c Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St Paul’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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عنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
دوره 41 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012