Cardiac Intensivism: a View from a Fellow-in-training

Overview

Journal J Am Coll Cardiol

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2014 Aug 30

PMID 25169182

Citations 4

Authors

Vimal Ramjee

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