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. 2025 Jul 1;13(2):e70017.
doi: 10.1002/anr3.70017. eCollection 2025 Jul-Dec.

A peri-operative unicorn in severe aortic stenosis

C Downes  1 , N Nwaejike  1 , A Macnab  1 , E A Davies  1
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A peri-operative unicorn in severe aortic stenosis

C Downes et al. Anaesth Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: aortic valve insufficiency; aortic valve stenosis; echocardiography, transoesophageal; heart valve prosthesis; peri‐operative care.

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