Resolving the Fontan paradox: Addressing socioeconomic and racial disparities in patients with a single ventricle.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Southern California and Heart Institute, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.

Published: April 2018

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