Balloon mitral valvuloplasty: use of alternative techniques
β Scribed by Bahl, V. K. ;Juneja, R. ;Thatai, Deepak ;Sharma, Sanjiv ;Wasir, H. S.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 224 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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