A concealed complication of primary angioplasty: coronary fistula
✍ Scribed by Hüseyin Yılmaz; Aytül Belgü; Íbrahim Demir; Íbrahim Başarıcı; Oktay Sancaktar
- Book ID
- 117351557
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 597 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5273
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