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Transapical septal occluder for paravalvular leakage of the mitral valve: a novel method for interventional treatment in high-risk patients

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    Karim Ibrahim, Marian Christoph, Joachim Nicolai, Hagen Schroetter, Thorsten Schmidt, Utz Kappert, Steffen Schoen & Ruth H. Strasser

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Ibrahim, K., Christoph, M., Nicolai, J. et al. Transapical septal occluder for paravalvular leakage of the mitral valve: a novel method for interventional treatment in high-risk patients. Clin Res Cardiol 100, 809–810 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-011-0326-z

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