The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1171-1178.e5 , November 2007

Surgical management of coronary artery arising from the wrong coronary sinus, using standard and novel approaches

  • Rajeev Gulati, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Rajeev Gulati, MD, Pomona Valley Hospital, 160 East Artesia Street, Suite 355, Pomona, CA 91767.
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  • Vadiyala Mohan Reddy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif
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  • Casey Culbertson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, Calif
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  • Gregory Helton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, Calif
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  • Sam Suleman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif
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  • Olaf Reinhartz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif
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  • Norman Silverman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif.
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  • Frank L. Hanley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif

Received 22 June 2006 ,Revised 29 January 2007 ,Accepted 14 February 2007.

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 Read at the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Francisco, Calif, April 10-13, 2005.

PII: S0022-5223(07)00799-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.02.051

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1171-1178.e5 , November 2007

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