Percutaneous Balloon Pericardial Window for Patients with Symptomatic Pericardial Effusion
✍ Scribed by Loreto Garcia del Barrio; José Hernando Morales; Carlos Delgado; Alberto Benito; Javier Larrache; Antonio Martinez-Cuesta; José Ignacio Bilbao
- Book ID
- 105983841
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-086X
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