The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 125, Issue 1 , Pages 129-134 , January 2003

Video-assisted multivessel revascularization through a left anterior small thoracotomy approach with the Symmetry Aortic Connector System

Received 11 April 2002 ,Revised 29 June 2002 ,Accepted 2 July 2002.

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☆ Address for reprints: Michal Semrád, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Charles University Teaching Hospital, First Medical Faculty, U nemocnice 2, 12800, Prague 2, Czech Republic (E-mail: semradm@volny.cz).

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doi: 10.1067/mtc.2003.79

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 125, Issue 1 , Pages 129-134 , January 2003

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