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Mitral valve relpair and revascularization for ischemic mitral regurgitation: predictors of operative mortality and

A Ruchan Akar1, George Doukas, Adam Szafranek

  • 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, UK.

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
|December 14, 2002
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