Is atrial septal defect alone able to affect the cardiac autonomic function or are there different factors that influence this function?

Anatol J Cardiol

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy; Ankara-Turkey.

Published: October 2015

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