New treatment strategies for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: Alcohol ablation of the septum: the new gold standard?
โ Scribed by Otto M. Hess; Ulrich Sigwart
- Book ID
- 119264528
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1558-3597
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