A huge thrombus trapped in the patent foramen ovale
β Scribed by Bernhard Metzler; Thomas Schachner; Otmar Pachinger; Johannes Mair
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 122
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0043-5325
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