Aorta-right atrial tunnel: imaging and surgical repair in an adult patient.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

Department of Radiology, Aristotle University Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Published: October 2014

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