Right Atrial Mass Associated with a Dialysis Catheter
β Scribed by Justin Chan; Jitendra Kumar; Andrew Cheng; Cheng-Hon Yap; Xiao Bo Zhang
- Book ID
- 109221317
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 493 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0886-0440
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