Successful Repair of Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in a Drug Abuser
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0285-1474,1883-4108
DOI: 10.4326/jjcvs.42.120