J Cardiovasc Imaging.  2019 Oct;27(4):254-256. 10.4250/jcvi.2019.27.e42.

Atrial Septal Defect with Down Syndrome and Postsurgical Pulmonary Hypertension

• Yoon KL

• KMID: 2468351
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4250/jcvi.2019.27.e42

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Down Syndrome*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial*
Hypertension, Pulmonary*

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