Prediction of surgical strategy in mitral valve regurgitation based on echocardiography. Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of The Netherlands.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on February 01, 1997

Authors

I M Hellemans1, E G Pieper, A C Ravelli, J P Hamer, W Jaarsma, E Cheriex, C H Peels, P F Bakker, J G Tijssen, C A Visser

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1: Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of The Netherlands, Utrecht.

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