Commentary Open Access
Volume 5 | Issue 2 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/cardiology.5.061
Commentary on Management of Respiratory Problems in Pediatric Cardiac Patients
Tamer A Abusido1,2,3,*
- 1Department of Pediatrics, Ministry of the National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 2King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 3King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Corresponding Author
Tamer A Abusido, abusidota@MNGHA.MED.SA
Received Date: October 10, 2024
Accepted Date: November 13, 2024
Abusido TA. Commentary on Management of Respiratory Problems in Pediatric Cardiac Patients. J Clin Cardiol. 2024;5(2):103-108.
Copyright: © 2024 Abusido TA. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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