Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 143-145 , April 2009

Repeat Sternotomy and Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Resection of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Tumour Thrombus Extension into the Right Atrium

  • E.K. Slimani, MBBS

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  • D.G. Lance, BM, FRACS

Received 2 May 2007 ,Revised 12 September 2007 ,Accepted 13 October 2007.

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PII: S1443-9506(07)01087-6

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.10.020

Heart, Lung and Circulation
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