Aortic valve replacement: Options, improvements, and costs

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 253-254

  Svensson, Lars G ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84877797554     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.80a.13010     Document Type: Editorial

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