Development of tertiary cardiac care centre in Kuwait: Sabah Al-Ahmad cardiac centre model
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal Supplements
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1520-765X,1554-2815
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/suv047