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Anesthetic management of pediatric patients following fontan operation

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, 565, Suita, Osaka, Japan

    Akiko Yamashita, Yukio Hayashi, Noriko Horinokuchi, Yoshihiko Ohnishi & Masakazu Kuro

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Yamashita, A., Hayashi, Y., Horinokuchi, N. et al. Anesthetic management of pediatric patients following fontan operation. J Anesth 11, 65–67 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02480006

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