Right ventricular-pulmonary artery coupling in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: is it relevant?

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Sameer A Hirji et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;11(2):349-350.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.93.

¹ Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

Right ventricle to pulmonary artery coupling in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
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