The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 283-289 , August 2008

Gene array analysis of a rat model of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after superior cavopulmonary anastomosis

  • Russell S. Tipps, BSc(Hons)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Muhammed Mumtaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Patrick Leahy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Brian W. Duncan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Brian W. Duncan, MD, Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery/M41, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44195.

Received 22 March 2007 ,Revised 21 November 2007 ,Accepted 12 February 2008.

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 Read at the Eighty-seventh Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Washington, DC, May 5–9, 2007.

 This work was supported by an Established Investigator Grant from the American Heart Association (no. 0245079N).

PII: S0022-5223(08)00258-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.011

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 283-289 , August 2008

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