Hemorrhagic Cardiac Tamponade: Rare Complication of Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
Loh, Kok Beng
(Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya)
Bux, Shaik Ismail (Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya) Abdullah, Basri Johan Jeet (Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya) Mokhtar, Raja Amin Raja (Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya) Mohamed, Rosmawati (Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya) |
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