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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:670
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

A patient we could ‘see through’

Andre Wessels, Luís Eugénio, Joe Ferrão de Oliveira, Manuel J. Antunes^_*

Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal

Received 5 June 2006; received in revised form 12 July 2006; accepted 13 July 2006.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +351 39 400418; fax: +351 39 829674. (Email: antunes.cct.huc@sapo.pt).

Key Words: Chest • Chest wall • Lungs • Trauma

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