Large air embolus complicating coronary angioplasty
β Scribed by Haraphongse, Mant ;Rossall, Richard E.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 400 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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