Complex surgical repair of rheumatic mitral stenosis.

Ann Cardiothorac Surg

1 Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2 Departments of Anesthesiology, Central Chest Institute of Thailand, Nonthaburi, Thailand.

Published: September 2015

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