Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 165-173 , September 2006

Grown-up congenital heart disease: The problem of late arrhythmia and ventricular dysfunction

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doi: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2006.07.005

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 165-173 , September 2006

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