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European Heart Journal 2000 21(20):1644-1647; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2145
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Editorial

Homograft—the optimal aortic valve substitute?

A. Ståhle

Departments of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

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