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High prevalence rate of left superior vena cava determined by echocardiography in patients with congenital heart disease in Saudi Arabia

Ghada Shiekh EldinDepartment of Paediatric CardiologyPSHC, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Milad El-SegaierDepartment of Paediatric CardiologyPSHC, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;Department of Paediatric CardiologySkåne University Hospital, Lund, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mohammed Omer GalalDepartment of Paediatric CardiologyPSHC, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;Department of Paediatric CardiologyUniversity of Essen, Essen, Germany
Article: 21679 | Received 11 Jun 2013, Accepted 13 Sep 2013, Published online: 08 Oct 2013

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