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. 2005 Feb;91(2):233-4.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.029314.

Hypoplastic aortic arch in newborns rapidly adapts to post-coarctectomy circulatory conditions

L Kiraly, L Környei, G Mogyorossy, A Szatmari

Hypoplastic aortic arch in newborns rapidly adapts to post-coarctectomy circulatory conditions

L Kiraly et al. Heart. 2005 Feb.
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Figure 1
Transverse arch convection acceleration (difference of descending and ascending aorta peak flow velocities) indexed to the left ventricle shortening fraction between normal and hypoplastic arch groups in the early post-coarctectomy period.
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