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. 1983 Mar;38(3):216–218. doi: 10.1136/thx.38.3.216

Aortic valve avulsion after proximal aortic dissection in the Marfan syndrome: echocardiographic features and management.

J C Forfar, D P De Bono, K G Reid
PMCID: PMC459524  PMID: 6857588

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