Should a Down Syndrome Child With a Failing Heart Be Offered Heart Transplantation?

Ann Thorac Surg

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Institute of Human Values in Health Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. Electronic address:

Published: October 2017

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