Reconstruction of Pulmonary Artery With Donor Aorta and Autopericardium in Lung Transplantation
β Scribed by Noda, Masafumi; Okada, Yoshinori; Saiki, Yoshikatsu; Sado, Tetsu; Hoshikawa, Yasushi; Endo, Chiaki; Sakurada, Akira; Maeda, Sumiko; Oishi, Hisashi; Kondo, Takashi
- Book ID
- 120993831
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 293 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-4975
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