Surgical treatment coarctation of the aorta in a premature newborn weighing 800 g

B.M. Todurov, V.G. Karpenko, V.Y. Vashkeba, V.V. Sakalov, O.A. Lastochkina, I.V. Galamay, V.B. Demyanchuk

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