Saccular aneurysm in the left main coronary artery
β Scribed by Shigeki Higashi; Chiharu Enoki; Takashi Matsubara
- Book ID
- 105653800
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- Japanese
- Weight
- 376 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1863-6705
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