Changes of the quality of life and efficiency criteria of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with stable coronary artery disease and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

 Yu.A. Borkhalenko, O.J. Zharinov, K.O. Mikhaliev, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

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Echocardiographic predictors of ischemic mitral insufficiency recurrence after mitral annuloplasty

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