Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Deal with the Devil?

Thomas Walther; Jörg Kempfert; Axel Linke

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1601342

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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65(S 03): S191-S195
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1601342

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Deal with the Devil?

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Thomas Walther

¹Kerckhoff Herzzentrum, Klinik für Herzchirurgie, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Jörg Kempfert

²Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Klinik für Herzchirurgie, Berlin, Germany
Axel Linke

³Herzzentrum Leipzig, Klinik für Kardiologie, Leipzig, Germany

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