Outcome after pediatric heart transplantation: two decades of a single center experience.

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Published in Eur J Cardiothorac Surg on June 21, 2007

Authors

Antonio Gambino1, Alessia Cerutti, Giuseppe Feltrin, Giuseppe Toscano, Giuseppe Tarantini, Ornella Milanesi, Annalisa Angelini, Gino Gerosa

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

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