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A subtle sign of aortic outflow obstruction in an infected 29 year old Starr-Edward's valve
  1. E F AKOWUAH,
  2. C V P ONYEAKA,
  3. G J COOPER
  1. mail@grahamcooper.freeserve.co.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.85.4.384

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