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. 1985 Feb;40(2):158–159. doi: 10.1136/thx.40.2.158

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

Y Khalil, B Sethia, R O Quin, W H Bain
PMCID: PMC460010  PMID: 3975869

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