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Percutaneous use of a dual lumen Scepter XC balloon for embolization of a complex facial arteriovenous malformation: a technical report

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Heit, J., Connolly, I. & Choudhri, O. Percutaneous use of a dual lumen Scepter XC balloon for embolization of a complex facial arteriovenous malformation: a technical report. Clin Neuroradiol 26, 485–491 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-016-0515-2

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