Autotransfusion of shed mediastinal blood following open heart surgery.
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1883-4108,0285-1474
DOI: 10.4326/jjcvs.18.94