Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 239-243 , June 2007

Preoperative assessment of vascular patients

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00075-6

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.03.005

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 239-243 , June 2007

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