Massive bleeding at resternotomy despite a polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane
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Corresponding author: Yun Hee Lim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Sanggye 7-dong, Nowongu, Seoul 139-707, Korea. Tel: 82-2-950-1173, Fax: 82-2-950-1323, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), w...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(96)70359-8