Mitral balloon valvuloplasty
✍ Scribed by Pan, Manuel ;Medina, Alfonso ;De Lezo, José Suárez ;Romero, Miguel ;Hernández, Enrique
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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