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Sex differences in long-term survival following cardiac surgery in patients with underlying atrial fibrillation

Łukasz Kuźma1, Mariusz Kowalewski2345, Karol Gostomczyk3, Radosław Litwinowicz6, Anna Kurasz1, Marek Jasiński7, Kazimierz Widenka8, Tomasz Hirnle9, Marek Deja1011, Krzysztof Bartuś12, Roberto Lorusso5, Zdzisław Tobota13, Bohdan Maruszewski13, Piotr Suwalski23, on behalf of KROK Investigators

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