Embolic Stroke After Atrial Septal Defect Surgery in a Child
Filippos-Paschalis Rorris1, Meletios Kanakis1, Maria Kontou2
1Department of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
Journal of Child Neurology
|May 14, 2025
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