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Sukumaran K Nair1, Catherine D Sudarshan2, Benjamin S Thorpe3

  • 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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aortic valve replacementhealth economicsminimal access

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