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CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN CHILDREN: A SURVEY OF 114 PATIENTS
During a period of four years between June, IS, 1988 to June, IS, 1992 one hundred and fourteen patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) were admitted to the pediatric department of Taleghani General Hospital. During the above period, 192 patients with heart disease were hospitalized at this department and CHF was the cause of admission in 59.4% of them. Congenital heart disease (CHO) w...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 1994
ISSN: 1522-9645,0195-668X
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060498