Transvenous removal of heartworms from the pulmonary artery of a cat

Feline Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 15-18

  Bright, Janice McIntosh ^a,b   Daniel, Gregory B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 33750127771     PISSN: 10576614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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