Sudden cardiac death caused by a primary intimal sarcoma of the left coronary artery
โ Scribed by Wei-Xiong Jiang; Cai-rong Gao; Jun-hong Sun; Yasuo Bunai
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 288 KB
- Volume
- 123
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0937-9827
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