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Open Heart Surgery in the Pediatric Jehovah’s Witness Population: No Longer “Russian Roulette”

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68 Street, F-2103, New York, 10021, New York, USA

    T. K. Rosengart, S. Lang & R. Helm

  2. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68 Street, F-2103, New York, 10021, New York, USA

    D. Friedman

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Rosengart, T.K., Lang, S., Helm, R. et al. Open Heart Surgery in the Pediatric Jehovah’s Witness Population: No Longer “Russian Roulette”. Pediatr Cardiol 18, 245–246 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002469900166

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