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Is balloon dilation a reasonable option for the palliation of Fallot's tetralogy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Robert Arnold
Robert Arnold*
Affiliation:
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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Robert Arnold, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK. Tel: 0151 252 5710; Fax: 0151 252 5643
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 4 - 5
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