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Research Article

Successful invasive management and surgical repair of subacute ventricular rupture complicating myocardial infarction

Haim Hammerman Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, Rambam Medical Center and the Bruce Rapapport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Schlomo Isserles Department of Anesthesiology, Rambam Medical Center and the Bruce Rapapport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Simcha Milo Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rambam Medical Center and the Bruce Rapapport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Pages 253-255 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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