Muscular ventricular septal defects in small patients--invited commentary.

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Published: October 2012

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