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CONGENITAL – Commentary| Volume 34, ISSUE 4, P1322-1323, December 2022

Commentary: Liver: The Forgotten Organ in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

  • Matteo Trezzi
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    Address reprint requests to Matteo Trezzi, MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, Rome 00165, Italy.
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    Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Published:October 28, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.10.010
      The extent of liver involvement should be routinely investigated in ACHD patients with PA-IVS regardless of the type of surgical correction (univentricular vs 1.5 ventricle vs biventricular).
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