Trials and tribulations

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 395-396

  Baker, Edward ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; NOTE; OBSERVATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HEART DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 2142825609     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951103000842     Document Type: Note

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