Commentary: Concomitant Pulmonary Artery Angioplasty after Congenital Heart Defect Repair: Should We Consider Early Independent Surgery?

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Won Young Lee (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)

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