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Electronic References:

1-Miami Children's Hospital
(http://www.mch.com/clinical/index.html)

2-KUMC Department of Pediatrics/Cardiology
(http://www.kumc.edu/kumcpeds/cardiology/cardiology.html)

3-Rush Children's Heart Center - Pediatric Cardiology Home Page
(http://www.rchc.rush.edu/)

4-NYU School of Medicine - Pediatric Cardiology
(http://pedcard.med.nyu.edu/)

5-UMHS - U-M Pediatric Cardiology
(http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/chheart/pedpgm01.htm)

6-American Heart Association
(http://www.americanheart.org)



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