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Is isomerism of the atrial appendages a real thing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Robert H. Anderson
Robert H. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of PaediatricsNational Heart & Lung InstituteDovehouse StreetLondon SW3 6LY, United Kingdom Tel. (0) 171 351 8751; Fax. (0) 171 351 8230
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 207 - 208
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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