Coarctation: The search for the Holy Grail

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 329-331

  Backer, Carl Lewis ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTOPLASTY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0041854619     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00755-4     Document Type: Editorial

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