A Giant Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and a Massive Eye Hemorrhage Due to Advanced Atherosclerosis in an Eighty-Four Year Old Man~!2009-10-07~!2009-12-14~!2010-03-05~!
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Cardiovascular Imaging Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1876-5386
DOI: 10.2174/1876538601002010001