The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 3 , Pages 459-470 , September 2002

Surgical options and results of repeated aortic root replacement for failed aortic allografts placed in childhood

Read at the Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, San Diego, Calif, June 20-23, 2001.

Received 28 June 2001 ,Revised 4 December 2001 ,Accepted 18 December 2001.

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☆ Address for reprints: Max B. Mitchell, MD, The Children's Hospital, 1056 E 19th Ave, B200. Denver, CO 80218 (E-mail: mitchell.max@tchden.org).

PII: S0022-5223(02)00107-1

doi: 10.1067/mtc.2002.122547

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 3 , Pages 459-470 , September 2002

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