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Regarding the “SAFARI” Technique: A Word of Caution

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  1. Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, Via milanese 300, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, 20099, Italy

    Tommaso Lupattelli

  2. Via milanese 300, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, 20099, Italy

    Tommaso Lupattelli, Jacques Clerissi, Sergio Losa & Ezio Faglia

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Lupattelli, T., Clerissi, J., Losa, S. et al. Regarding the “SAFARI” Technique: A Word of Caution. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32, 197–198 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-008-9340-6

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