Residual stresses in coronary artery stents
✍ Scribed by M�ller, D. ;Reimers, W. ;Pyzalla, A. ;Fischer, A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9304
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