Fractional flow reserve: current status

A.V. Khokhlov, M.V. Shymanko, M.V. Stan

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Predictors of the occurrence of cardiovascular events in patients with atrial flutter during long-term follow-up

A.V. Aker, U.P. Chernyaga-Royko, N.S. Pavlyk, O.J. Zharinov

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Tactics of the treatment of left atrial angiosarcoma

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The first clinical case of the left-ventricular electrode implantation with active fixation for the purpose of cardiac resynchronization therapy in Ukraine

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Plastics of the left ventricle aneurysm with minimally invasive multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting

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