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Unplanned hospital readmissions following congenital heart diseases surgery

Prevalence and predictors

Ahmad S. Azhar
Saudi Medical Journal August 2019, 40 (8) 802-809; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.8.24405

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