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Is catheter-related thrombosis after cardiac surgery clinically relevant?

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  1. Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

    Alessandro Squizzato & Elisa Manfredi

  2. Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Alessandro Squizzato, Bregje van Zaane & Victor E. Gerdes

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Bregje van Zaane & Victor E. Gerdes

  4. U.O. Medicina I, Ospedale di Circolo, Viale Borri 57, 21100, Varese, Italy

    Alessandro Squizzato

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Squizzato, A., Manfredi, E., van Zaane, B. et al. Is catheter-related thrombosis after cardiac surgery clinically relevant?. Intern Emerg Med 4, 267–268 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-009-0238-3

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