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. 1983 May;38(5):390–391. doi: 10.1136/thx.38.5.390

Disc embolisation after minor strut fracture in a Björk-Shiley mitral valve prosthesis.

B Sethia, R O Quin, W H Bain
PMCID: PMC459566  PMID: 6879489

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