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Review| Volume 27, ISSUE 9, P603-605, November 1996

Myocardial contusion

  • J.C. Roxburgh
    Correspondence
    Correspondence should be addressed to: Mr J. C. Roxburgh, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK
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    Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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