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Extrinsic Left Main Compression: Review of the Literature
TOMISLAV MIRKOVIC M.D., Ph.D.,
IVAN KNEZEVIC M.D.,
ALEŠ BRECELJ M.D.,
IGOR KRANJEC M.D., Ph.D.,
MARKO NOC M.D., Ph.D.,
TOMISLAV MIRKOVIC M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana
Search for more papers by this authorIVAN KNEZEVIC M.D.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Ljubljana
Search for more papers by this authorALEŠ BRECELJ M.D.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Ljubljana
Search for more papers by this authorIGOR KRANJEC M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana
Search for more papers by this authorMARKO NOC M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Intensive Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
Search for more papers by this authorTOMISLAV MIRKOVIC M.D., Ph.D.,
IVAN KNEZEVIC M.D.,
ALEŠ BRECELJ M.D.,
IGOR KRANJEC M.D., Ph.D.,
MARKO NOC M.D., Ph.D.,
TOMISLAV MIRKOVIC M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana
Search for more papers by this authorIVAN KNEZEVIC M.D.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Ljubljana
Search for more papers by this authorALEŠ BRECELJ M.D.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Ljubljana
Search for more papers by this authorIGOR KRANJEC M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Ljubljana
Search for more papers by this authorMARKO NOC M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Intensive Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
Search for more papers by this authorAddress for reprints: Marko Noc, M.D., Ph.D., Center for Intensive Internal Medicine, University Medical Center, Zaloska 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia-EU. Fax: +38 6 1 522 22 96; e-mail: [email protected]
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