A NOVEL SURFACTANT-FREE SMALL OXYGEN MICROBUBBLE ECHO CONTRAST AGENT
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(14)61241-9