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European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1438-1439

  Daneshvar, Samuel A ^a   Rahimtoola, Shahbudin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; VALVE PROSTHESIS PATIENT MISMATCH;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 84863575578     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs082     Document Type: Editorial

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