Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 76-81 , February 2008

Surgical management of cardiac tumors

  • Robert James Cusimano, BSc, MSc, MD, Frcsc, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Robert James Cusimano, BSc, MSc, MD, Frcsc, FACS, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, 4N-468 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2007.10.004

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 76-81 , February 2008

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