Intermediate results of ultrasonic aortic valve decalcification

B.M. Todurov, А.V. Markovets, V.O. Shevchenko, V.V. Pogrebnyak, V.G. Kolesnikov, O.M. Fursa, D.V. Seara, M.V. Khartanovich, V.B. Demyanchuk

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