Concomitant phrenic nerve pacing and lobectomy in a patient with quadriplegia.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France. Electronic address:

Published: June 2014

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