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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Enlargement of the Left Atrium Strongly Predicts Postoperative Mortality Following Heart Valve Surgery

Khalid S Ibrahim1 Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of General Surgery and Urology, College of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Khalid A Kheirallah2 Department of Public Health and Community Health, College of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4504-4472View further author information
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Mahmoud A Megdadi2 Department of Public Health and Community Health, College of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4648-8393View further author information
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Pages 783-791 | Received 16 Jul 2022, Accepted 17 Sep 2022, Published online: 30 Sep 2022

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