Cardiac output in cor pulmonale
✍ Scribed by Réjane M. Harvey; Yale Enson; André Cournand; M. Irené Ferrer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1965
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 907 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-8428
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