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The significance of the residual blood pressure drop across the site of coarctation repair

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  1. Department of Clinical Medicine, Section of Paediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021, Bergen, Norway

    Gottfried Greve, Arne Instebø & Gunnar Norgård

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Greve, G., Instebø, A. & Norgård, G. The significance of the residual blood pressure drop across the site of coarctation repair. Eur J Appl Physiol 93, 735–736 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-004-1305-0

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