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European Heart Journal 2000 21(1):17-27; doi:10.1053/euhj.1999.1698
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Possibilities and impossibilities in the evaluation of pulmonary vascular disease in congenital heart defects

R.M.F. Bergerf1

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Sophia Children's Hospital, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

f1 Correspondence: R. M. F. Berger, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Sophia Children's Hospital/University Hospital Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 60, 3015 GJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (P. O. Box 2060, 3000 CB, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.)

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