Snare retrieval of a catheter fragment with inaccessible ends from the pulmonary artery
β Scribed by Greenfield, Douglas H. ;McMullan, George K. ;Parisi, Alfred F. ;Askenazi, Joseph
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 463 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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