Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 10-15 , March 2012

Pulmonary Complications of Congenital Heart Disease

  • F. Healy

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
    • ,
  • B.D. Hanna

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
    • ,
  • R. Zinman

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Tel.: +215 590 3749; Fax: +215 590 3500.

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doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2011.01.007

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 10-15 , March 2012

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