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Mehmet Erin Tüysüz1 \* and Mehmet Dedemoğlu<sup>2</sup>

1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mersin City Training and Research Hospital, Mersin, Turkey

2 Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Mersin City Training and Research Hospital, Mersin, Turkey

\*Address all correspondence to: drmehmeterin@yahoo.com

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