Recanalization of chronic coronary artery occlusions using laser followed by balloon angioplasty
✍ Scribed by Joachim Schofer; Jörg Kresser; Thomas Rau; Klaus-Peter Kunze; Clemens Romanus Kühn; Detlef G. Mathey
- Book ID
- 113977799
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 429 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9149
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