Hypercoagulability - The Underdiagnosed and Undertreated Nemesis of Congenital Heart Surgery.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

Department of Anesthesiology, Duke Children's Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Published: August 2018

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