Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Taiwan: Still Evolving!

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Editorial

Wei-Hsian Yin. Acta Cardiol Sin. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;33(4):350-352.

doi: 10.6515/acs20170707a.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Heart Center, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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