Current practice of care for adolescent and adult patients after Fontan surgery in Poland: Heart transplantation.

Kardiol Pol

Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Transplantology and Circulatory Mechanical Support in Children, Silesian Center for Heart Disease, Zabrze, Poland.

Published: March 2024

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