The Cox-Maze Procedure: Rules Not To Be Broken.

Ann Thorac Surg

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Zambrano-Hellion, Sierra Nayarita 143, Col. Virginia Tafich, 66374, Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico. Electronic address:

Published: December 2021

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