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Guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: executive summary

A report of the American college of cardiology/American heart association task force on practice guidelines (Committee on management of patients with valvular heart disease)

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Bonow, R.O., Carabello, B., de Leon, A.C. et al. Guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: executive summary. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 16, 30–73 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-000-0010-9

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