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Cardiology Letters 2024, 33(3):191-195

Pulmonary artery dilatation due to pressure or volume overload in congenital heart diseas

Monika Kaldararova1, 2, Katarina Bobocka2, Andrea Kantorova1, Erika Drangova3, Jana Polakova Mistinova3, Filip Klauco2, Tereza Hlavata2, Adriana Reptova2, Tatiana Valkovicova2, Iveta Simkova2
1 National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Children´s Cardiac Center, Bratislava, Slovakia
2 National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Slovak Medical University, Dpt. of Adult Congenital Heart Diseases, Bratislava, Slovakia
3 National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Slovak Medical University, Dpt. of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Bratislava, Slovakia

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Kaldararova M, Bobocka K, Kantorova A, Drangova E, Polakova Mistinova J, Klauco F, et al.. Pulmonary artery dilatation due to pressure or volume overload in congenital heart diseas. Cardiology Letters. 2024;33(3):191-195.
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