Successful percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy in a patient with a previous mitral valve repair
β Scribed by Skudicky, Daniel G. ;Skoularigis, John ;Essop, Mohammed R. ;Rothlisberger, Christian ;Sareli, Pinhas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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