Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 93-98 , March 2011

Ventricular septal defect complicating acute myocardial infarction—still an unsolved problem in the invasive treatment era

  • Anna Ledakowicz-Polak

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. First Department of Cardiology and Cardiosurgery, Sterling University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Sterlinga 1/3, 91-425 Lodz, Poland. Tel.: +48 42 6364471; fax: +48 42 6364471.
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  • Łukasz Polak
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  • Marzenna Zielińska

Received 6 October 2009 ,Revised 19 November 2009 ,Accepted 11 January 2010.

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 Funding for this work was provided fully by the authors. The authors do not report any conflict of interest regarding this work.

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doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.01.008

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 93-98 , March 2011

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