Suture knot embolism—a rare complication of percutaneous arterial closure device
✍ Scribed by Thung-Lip Lee; Wei-Kung Tseng; Chin-Feng Hsuang; Jau-Chung Hwang; Chau-Chung Wu; Po-Yuan Hu
- Book ID
- 116342717
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 379 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1054-8807
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