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First partial heart transplant in Spain

Primer trasplante parcial de corazón en España

Juan-Miguel Gil-JaurenaabRamón Pérez-CaballeroabAna PitaabCarlos PardoabNuria Gil-VillanuevabcManuela Caminobc
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rec.2026.06.016

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