Another cause of chest pain: Coronary artery—Pulmonary artery fistulae
✍ Scribed by Nuran Yener; Ali Yener
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 284 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1061-1711
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