Initial experience with the disarticulated (one-half) palmaz-schatz stent: A technical report
β Scribed by Colombo, Antonio ;Hall, Patrick ;Thomas, Jack ;Almagor, Yaron ;Finci, Leo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 485 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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