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. 2021 Jul;36(7):2419-2420.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.15529. Epub 2021 Apr 2.

Mitral annular calcification: Bad versus worse

Dustin K Tanaka  1 , Bobby Yanagawa  1
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Mitral annular calcification: Bad versus worse

Dustin K Tanaka et al. J Card Surg. 2021 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: mitral annular calcification.

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