Aortic stenosis: medical and surgical management
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Aortic stenosis: medical and surgical management.
Correspondence to: Professor Helmut Baumgartner, MD, Department of Cardiology, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18–20, A – 1090 Wien, Austria; helmut.baumgartner@ meduniwien.ac.at _________________________ A ortic stenosis (AS) has become the most frequent valvar heart disease and the most frequent cardiovascular disease after hypertension and coronary art...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.056176