Clinical experience with the use of the angled-balloon dilatation catheter
β Scribed by Vivekaphirat, Visuit ;Zapala, Catherine ;Foschi, Alberto E.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 502 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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