Current status of paediatric heart, lung, and heart-lung transplantation.
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Since the first successful heart transplantation by Christian Barnard in 1967, there have been over 60 000 heart transplants performed worldwide. Around 350 paediatric heart transplants are now performed annually and approximately 10% of these are in the UK.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 89 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004