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. 1995 Nov;74(5):481–484. doi: 10.1136/hrt.74.5.481

How should we manage symptomatic aortic stenosis in the patient who is 80 or older?

D C Sprigings 1, J C Forfar 1
PMCID: PMC484065  PMID: 8562230

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