Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery Textbook and Atlas /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Inderbitzi, Rolf Gilbert Carl (Editor), Schmid, Ralph Alexander (Editor), Melfi, Franca M. A. (Editor), Casula, Roberto Pasquale (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Cardiology.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Cardiac surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Thoracic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.; Thoracic Surgery.; Cardiac Surgery.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

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