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Severe traumatic tricuspid insufficiency detected 10 years after blunt chest trauma

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  1. Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Raemi Street 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    M. Y. Emmert, R. Pretre, S. Suendermann, B. Weber, S. P. Hoerstrup & V. Falk

  2. Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    D. A. Bettex

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Emmert, M.Y., Pretre, R., Suendermann, S. et al. Severe traumatic tricuspid insufficiency detected 10 years after blunt chest trauma. Clin Res Cardiol 100, 177–179 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-010-0219-6

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