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Immediate and long-term outcomes of aortic commissurotomy for severe congenital aortic valve stenosis in infants: a single-center experience
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Krakow, Poland
Cardiothoracic and Transplantology Department, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Krakow, Poland
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2026; 23 (3): 229-234
Data publikacji online: 2026/10/12
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