Update on prospects for fetal cardiovascular surgery

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 530-535

  Reddy, V Mohan ^a   McElhinney, Doff B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9844226205     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199710000-00017     Document Type: Article

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