MR-guided Angioplasty of Renal Artery Stenosis in a Pig Model: A Feasibility Study
β Scribed by Omary, Reed A.; Frayne, Richard; Unal, Orhan; Warner, Thomas; Korosec, Frank R.; Mistretta, Charles A.; Strother, Charles M.; Grist, Thomas M.
- Book ID
- 123156929
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 347 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1051-0443
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