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Commentary: The challenge of postoperative diaphragmatic paralysis in patients with functionally univentricular
Jeffrey P Jacobs1, Charles D Fraser2, James S Tweddell3
1Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Congenital Heart Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|September 9, 2020
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