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Rigolin, V.H., Bonow, R.O. (2009). Aortic Regurgitation. In: Wang, A., Bashore, T. (eds) Valvular Heart Disease. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-411-7_8

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