Sternal wound infection after heart transplantation: incidence and results with aggressive surgical treatment
- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 72 (3), 719-723
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(01)02824-7
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