Left main artery compression by pulmonary artery aneurysm and ostial athero-stenosis of left anterior descending artery in a young female with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- European heart journal
دوره 33 20 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012