Transaxillary minithoracotomy for modified Blalock-Taussig shunt

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 269-270

  Mittal, Pramod K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0030786357     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00283-X     Document Type: Article

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