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Chapter 4 - Congenital Heart Disease (I)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2019

Michael T. Ashworth
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
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This chapter, the first of two devoted to congenital heart disease, deals with the commoner forms including ventricular septal defect, atrioventricular septal defect, tetralogy of Fallot and hypoplastic left heart. The pathological features are described in detail and profusely illustrated, including images of the histopathology, where relevant.

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Pathology of Heart Disease in the Fetus, Infant and Child
Autopsy, Surgical and Molecular Pathology
, pp. 75 - 117
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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