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Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology 5/2017

01-05-2017 | Letter to the Editors

First in man… and wife

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for an octogenarian diamond couple performed on the same day

Authors: Antonio H. Frangieh, Markus Klos, Jonathan Michel, Heribert Schunkert, Albert Markus Kasel

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 5/2017

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Metadata
Title
First in man… and wife
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for an octogenarian diamond couple performed on the same day
Authors
Antonio H. Frangieh
Markus Klos
Jonathan Michel
Heribert Schunkert
Albert Markus Kasel
Publication date
01-05-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 5/2017
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-016-1076-8

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