Balloon mitral valvuloplasty: Selection of the technique
โ Scribed by Stefanadis, Christodoulos ;Toutouzas, Pavlos
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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