Use of small stents for rehabilitation of hypoplastic pulmonary arteries in pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect
โ Scribed by Mark Vranicar; David F. Teitel; Phillip Moore
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 437 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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