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Acute coronary artery occlusions complicating a valve-in-valve-in-valve procedure
  1. Gonzalo Barge-Caballero,
  2. Jorge Salgado-Fernández,
  3. Nicolás Vázquez-González
  1. Department of Cardiology, A Coruña University Hospital, A Coruña, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Dr Gonzalo Barge-Caballero, Department of Cardiology, A Coruña University Hospital, Avenida Julio Rodríguez Soto, N° 63, 8° B., O Carballiño (Ourense), CP: 32500, Spain; Gonzalo.Barge.Caballero{at}sergas.es

https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303141

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    • Contributors According to the definition given by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), three authors made one or more of the substantial contributions to the intellectual content (conception and design, acquisition of data). Furthermore, three authors participated in drafting of the manuscript.

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