Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 361-363 , Winter 2005

Clinical Results with the Acorn Cardiac Restraint Device with and without Mitral Valve Surgery

  • Michael A. Acker, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Michael A. Acker, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 6 Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

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PII: S1043-0679(05)00085-7

doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2005.10.006

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 361-363 , Winter 2005

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