Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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False-negative results of combined endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound in mediastinal staging of lung cancer

Karolina Gambuś
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Konrad Moszczyński
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Sofiia Popovchenko
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Artur Szlubowski
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Adam Ćmiel
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Piotr Kocoń
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,
Błażej Kużdżał
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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwik Rydygier Hospital, Krakow, Poland
  2. Department of Coronary Artery Disease and Structural Heart Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland
  4. Department of Endoscopy, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland
  5. Department of Applied Mathematics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
  6. Department of Thoracic Surgery, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland
  7. Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology, National Research Institute, Krakow, Poland
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2026; 23 (1): 8–13
Online publish date: 2026/04/04
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