The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1067-1072 , November 2009

Is transapical aortic valve implantation really less invasive than minimally invasive aortic valve replacement?

Received 9 May 2008 ,Revised 7 February 2009 ,Accepted 27 April 2009.

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 Read at the Eighty-eighth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, Calif, May 10–14, 2008.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00927-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.04.057

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1067-1072 , November 2009

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