Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion
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Chronic total left main coronary artery occlusion.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2009-8618
DOI: 10.15212/cvia.2016.0023