Removal of a foreign body from the heart under transesophageal echocardiographic guidance.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

Department of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Hero DMC Heart Institute, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.

Published: April 2013

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