Coronary embolism complicating aortic valve endocarditis: Treatment with successful coronary angioplasty
✍ Scribed by Ertan Ural; Ulaş Bildirici; Göksel Kahraman; Baki Komsuoğlu
- Book ID
- 116545155
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 315 KB
- Volume
- 119
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5273
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