Predictors and Early and Late Outcomes of Dialysis-Dependent Patients in Contemporary Cardiac Surgery
โ Scribed by Farzan Filsoufi; Parwis B. Rahmanian; Javier G. Castillo; George Silvay; Alain Carpentier; David H. Adams
- Book ID
- 117820343
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8422
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