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Historical Studies

Sir Magdi H. Yacoub, the Leonardo da Vinci of cardiac surgery

Peter A. AlivizatosBaylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas; ;Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, FACS, FACC
Pages 146-151 | Received 23 Aug 2018, Accepted 02 Oct 2018, Published online: 24 Jan 2019

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