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Editorial
. 2018 May;6(10):185.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.02.19.

Bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement: a telltale from the young

Athanasios Antoniou  1 , Amer Harky  1 , John Yap  1 , Kulvinder Lall  1 , Mohamad Bashir  1
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Editorial

Bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement: a telltale from the young

Athanasios Antoniou et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 May.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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