Manual of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions: A Step-by-Step Approach

Manual of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions: A Step-by-Step Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-254

  Brilakis, Emmanouil S ^a,b  

^a VA North Texas Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/C2013-0-12704-3     Document Type: Book

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