Misadventures of a Retrograde Cardioplegia Catheter.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

‡?>Anesthesiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

Published: December 2016

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