Broken and scattered sternal wires.
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چکیده
Yusuf Izzettin Alihanoglu, Ismail Dogu Kilic* and Bekir Serhat Yildiz Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey * Corresponding author. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Pamukkale University, Kinikli, 20070 Denizli, Turkey. Tel: +90-532-6434948; fax: +90-258-2134922; e-mail: [email protected] (I. D. Kilic). Received 24 June 2013; accepted 22 July 2013
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
دوره 44 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013