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EDITORIAL

A tribute to Viking O. Björk (1918–2009): A four-decade functioning Björk-Shiley aortic valve prosthesis

Kyriakos AnastasiadisDepartment of Cardiothoracic, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Polychronis AntonitsisDepartment of Cardiothoracic, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 67-68 | Received 15 Jan 2014, Accepted 22 Jan 2014, Published online: 03 Mar 2014

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