Treatment of a large coronary saphenous bypass graft aneurysm by implantation of covered stents
✍ Scribed by Ralf Zahn; Jürgen Jessl; Stephan Achenbach; Dieter Ropers; Johannes Schwab; Werner G. Daniel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 239 KB
- Volume
- 95
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1861-0684
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