Use of a coronary guiding catheter to direct a snare in removal of a retained catheter fragment
β Scribed by Mehan, Vivek K. ;Lokhandwala, Yash Y. ;Kale, Purshottam A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 329 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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