Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 161-162 , June 2006

Solutions to Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch in Aortic Valve Replacement

Received 20 March 2006

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PII: S1443-9506(06)00069-2

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.03.001

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 161-162 , June 2006

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