Changes in the institutional treatment of severe aortic stenosis following the introduction of transcatheter aortic valve implantation
International Center for Cardiovascular Diseases MC Medicor, Izola, Slovenia
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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