Pneumopericardium: an unusual cause for cardiac arrest
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An unusual cause for cardiac arrest.
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0003-2409
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00406.x