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Letter to the editors regarding the article entitled: “Cardiothoracic injuries after CardioPump CPR: a report of two cases and review of the literature” by Kolopp et al.

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  1. Department of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital—Angers, 4 rue Larrey, 49933, Angers, France

    Guillaume Rousseau, Vincent Dupont, Nathalie Jousset & Stéphane Malbranque

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Rousseau, G., Dupont, V., Jousset, N. et al. Letter to the editors regarding the article entitled: “Cardiothoracic injuries after CardioPump CPR: a report of two cases and review of the literature” by Kolopp et al.. Int J Legal Med 132, 1733–1734 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-018-1800-1

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