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Aortic Valve Replacement for Moderate and Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis
Ross Michael Reul1, Alexander P Nissen1, Kendra J Grubb1
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|December 13, 2024
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