The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 125, Issue 1 , Pages 115-120 , January 2003

Appropriate timing of surgical intervention after transmural acute myocardial infarction

Read at the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, Calif, May 6-9, 2001.

Received 14 May 2001 ,Revised 2 April 2002 ,Accepted 18 April 2002.

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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 125, Issue 1 , Pages 115-120 , January 2003

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