AORTIC ROOT VOLUME AND GEOMETRY: READY FOR CLINICAL APPLICATION?

  • Song, Jong-Min (Division of Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
  • Published : 2011.09.27

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