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Thoracic epidural analgesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2005

L. Salvi
Affiliation:
IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino – Anaesthesia & ICU Milan, Italy
E. Sisillo
Affiliation:
IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino – Anaesthesia & ICU Milan, Italy
N. Rondello
Affiliation:
IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino – Anaesthesia & ICU Milan, Italy
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© 2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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