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Qin-Fen Chen1,2, Shanzhen Shi3, Yu-Fei Wang4

  • 1Medical Care Center The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou Zhejiang China.

Journal of the American Heart Association
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Global Burden of Disease Studynonrheumatic calcific aortic valve diseasenonrheumatic degenerative mitral valve diseaserheumatic heart diseasevalvular heart disease

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