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Adult Congenital Heart Disease Surgery: On Track to Succeed or Time to Reset?
Castigliano M Bhamidipati1, Camille L Hancock Friesen2, Jordan P Bloom3
1Section of Cardiac Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 29, 2023
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