Aortic valve surgery: time to be open-minded and to rethink
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Aortic valve surgery: time to be open-minded and to rethink.
Successful treatment strategies for cardiovascular diseases have often been initiated and driven by surgeons, which is true for both coronary artery and valvular heart diseases. Radical excision of diseased tissue, repair and replacement strategies lead to long-term successful treatment of the underlying diseases and clearly improved patient outcome. For many surgeons it was and may still be ha...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.11.001