Ventricular restoration surgery for mechanical complications of myocardial infarction
โ Scribed by P Balasubramanian; DJ Reddy; P Ponraj; KV Muralidharan; G Ramakrishnan; PSN Raju
- Book ID
- 107592361
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 23 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0970-9134
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