Can we finally shed the “lead”? Initial Polish experience with the RAMPART Defender radiation shielding system
Division of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Department of Cardiology, School of Health Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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