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. 1997 Jan;77(1):86–87. doi: 10.1136/hrt.77.1.86

Should balloon angioplasty be used instead of surgery for native aortic coarctation?

S A Qureshi, E Rosenthal, M Tynan
PMCID: PMC484643  PMID: 9038703

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