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. 1997 Oct;78(Suppl 2):2–5. doi: 10.1136/hrt.78.suppl_2.2

Pills, balloons or the knife: a review of the trials

A S Kurbaan 1, T J Bowker 1, A F Rickards 1
PMCID: PMC484815  PMID: 9422959

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