The "right" way to repair recoarctation after the Norwood operation
Harold M Burkhart1, Jess L Thompson1
1Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Okla.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|September 20, 2016
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