Lifesaving Embolization of Coronary Artery Perforation
โ Scribed by Konstantinos Katsanos; Sundip Patel; Renato Dourado; Tarun Sabharwal
- Book ID
- 105985352
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
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