Fast tracking after repair of congenital heart defects
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Repair of Congenital Heart Defects: Essentials for the Adult Cardiologist
Congenital heart disease represents the most prevalent birth defect, and surgical and interventional advances have translated to a burgeoning adult population of patients. Timely, tailored, and lesion-specific interventions are necessary to optimise long-term outcomes for this complex, heterogeneous patient cohort. We present a review of the most common defects which may be encountered in gener...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0970-9134,0973-7723
DOI: 10.1007/s12055-020-00924-1