Current and evolving strategies in the management of severe mitral annular calcification

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¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: saranki@partners.org.

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Kareem Bedeir et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.099. Epub 2018 Oct 29.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: saranki@partners.org.

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