The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 3 , Pages 648-655 , March 2007

Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation after the Norwood procedure: Comparison of right ventricle–pulmonary artery conduit with modified Blalock–Taussig shunt

  • Barry D. Kussman, MBBCh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Barry D. Kussman, MBBCh, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115.
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  • Kimberlee Gauvreau, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass
    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • James A. DiNardo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass
    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • Andrew S. Mackie, MD, SM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass
    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Current address: Division of Cardiology, The Montreal Children’s Hospital, 2300 Tupper St, Montreal, QC, Canada H3H 1P3.
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  • Karen L. Booth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass
    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Current address: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, 750 Welch Rd, Suite 325, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
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  • Pedro J. del Nido, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass.
    • Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
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  • Stephen J. Roth, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass
    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Current address: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, 750 Welch Rd, Suite 325, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
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  • Peter C. Laussen, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass.
    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass

Received 7 July 2006 ,Revised 25 August 2006 ,Accepted 12 September 2006.

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 Supported by the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Funds, the Glaser Pediatric Research Network, and grant RRO02172 from the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0022-5223(06)01768-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.09.034

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 3 , Pages 648-655 , March 2007

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