Management of coronary artery fistulas: Percutaneous transcatheter embolization versus surgical closure
โ Scribed by Tsung O. Cheng
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 15 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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