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A Simplified Stepwise Approach to Echo Guidance during Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
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3D transesophageal echo in percutaneous correction of paraprosthetic regurgitation
David Costa de Souza Le Bihan1, Leonardo Mello Guimarães de Toledo, Rodrigo Bellio de Mattos Barretto
1Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP – Brazil.
Arquivos Brasileiros De Cardiologia
|August 7, 2013
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