Early outcomes of cardiac surgery in octogenarians
β Scribed by Linda Harris; Jacek Karski; George Djaiani; Wei Xu; Ludwik Fedorko
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 34 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1496-8975
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