Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 714-721 , July 2010

En Face View of Atrial Septal Defect by Two-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography: Comparison to Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography

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doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.04.016

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 714-721 , July 2010

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