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Cook, A.C., Anderson, R.H. (2009). How Much of the Right Heart Belongs to the Left?. In: Redington, A.N., Van Arsdell, G.S., Anderson, R.H. (eds) Congenital Diseases in the Right Heart. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-378-1_2

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