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Editorial
. 2022 Sep 1;23(9):757-759.
doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003034. Epub 2022 Aug 29.

Systemic-to-Pulmonary Artery Shunt Thromboprophylaxis: Searching for the Holy Grail

Parthak Prodhan  1 , Marie Steiner  2 , Lawrence E Greiten  3
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Editorial

Systemic-to-Pulmonary Artery Shunt Thromboprophylaxis: Searching for the Holy Grail

Parthak Prodhan et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Steiner’s institution received funding from the Department of Defense; she received funding from Octapharma and HealthCore/New England Research Institute; she disclosed that she is on the Octapharma advisory board and an Infant Jarvik Data Safety Monitoring Board Department of Defense contract; she disclosed the off-label product use of Clopidogrel. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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