The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 4 , Pages 876-879 , April 2007

Aortic valve–sparing reimplantation for dilatation of the ascending aorta and aortic regurgitation late after repair of congenital heart disease

  • Masamichi Ono, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Masamichi Ono, MD, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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  • Heidi Goerler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Klaus Kallenbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Dietmar Boethig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Mechthild Westhoff-Bleck, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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  • Thomas Breymann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Received 20 October 2006 ,Accepted 30 October 2006.

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PII: S0022-5223(06)02129-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.10.055

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 4 , Pages 876-879 , April 2007

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