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Special Report

Transapical access and closure devices: rationale and current status

Johannes BlumensteinDepartment of Cardiology, Heart Center, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Benekestrasse 2–8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Joerg KempfertDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Benekestrasse 2–8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Won KimDepartment of Cardiology, Heart Center, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Benekestrasse 2–8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany;Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Benekestrasse 2–8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Christoph LiebetrauDepartment of Cardiology, Heart Center, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Benekestrasse 2–8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Helge MöllmannDepartment of Cardiology, Heart Center, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Benekestrasse 2–8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Thomas WaltherDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Benekestrasse 2–8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1613-1617 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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