Septic endarteritis following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
โ Scribed by Kardaras, Fotis G. ;Kardara, Dimitra F. ;Rontogiani, Dimitra P. ;Mpourazanis, Ioanis A. ;Flessas, Leonidas P.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 303 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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