The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 3 , Pages 640-647 , March 2007

Pulmonary valve cusp augmentation with autologous pericardium may improve early outcome for tetralogy of Fallot

Read at the Eighty-sixth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, Pa, April 29-May 3, 2006.

  • Petros Anagnostopoulos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Heart Center, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, Calif
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  • Anthony Azakie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Heart Center, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, Calif
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  • Shobha Natarajan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Center, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, Calif.
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  • Nelson Alphonso, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Heart Center, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, Calif
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  • Michael M. Brook, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Center, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, Calif.
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  • Tom R. Karl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Heart Center, University of California at San Francisco Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Tom R. Karl, MD, UCSF Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Suite S-549, Box 0117, San Francisco, CA 94143-0117.

Received 21 April 2006 ,Revised 23 September 2006 ,Accepted 9 October 2006.

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PII: S0022-5223(06)02077-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.10.039

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 3 , Pages 640-647 , March 2007

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