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Dilatation or surgery for heart valve stenosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

S Ikram*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
RJC Hall
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
*
S Ikram, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XW, UK.

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Clinical geriatrics
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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