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The applicability of the thermodilution method for determination of pulmonary blood flow and pulmonary vascular resistance in infants and children with ventricular septal defects

Pages 581-585 | Received 26 Apr 1977, Accepted 11 May 1978, Published online: 07 Apr 2011

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