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One of the outstanding developments of cardiac surgery is the progressive reduction in age at which total intracardiac repair of the tetralogy of Fallot has become possible. Thus we come near to the ideal of repairing all the symptomatic infants during the first months of life.
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Alvarez-Diaz, F. (1976). The Treatment of Fallot’s Tetralogy. In: Dyde, J.A., Smith, R.E. (eds) Surgery of the Heart. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4283-0_10
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