On the Closing Sounds of a Mechanical Heart Valve
โ Scribed by Changfu Wu; Bruce A. Herman; Stephen M. Retta; Laurence W. Grossman; Jia-Shing Liu; Ned H. C. Hwang
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-6964
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