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Magnetic connectors for coronary surgery: What do we know a decade later?

Paschalis TossiosDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Konstantina TriantafillopoulouDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Georgios SianosDepartment of Cardiology, Aristotle University Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Theodore Karapanayiotides2nd Neurology Department, Aristotle University Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Christophoros N. ForoulisDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Pages 313-316 | Received 31 Oct 2013, Accepted 18 Feb 2014, Published online: 08 Apr 2014

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