Successful thrombolysis of massive intracardiac thrombus in atriopulmonary Fontan circulation
Vikram Kudumula1, Sujeev Mathur, Frances Bu'Lock
1Department of Paediatrics, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom. docvikramk@gmail.com
Cardiology in the Young
|July 1, 2010
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