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Intravascular stent implantation, even with the current equipment and relatively crude delivery techniques, should be considered for the primary therapy of pulmonary branch stenosis and systemic venous stenosis.
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Mullins, C.E. (1997). Intravascular Stents in Congenital Heart Lesions. In: Lue, HC. (eds) Pediatric Cardiology Updates. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65886-3_11
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