The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 5 , Pages 1120-1136.e7 , May 2008

The outcomes of operations for 539 patients with Ebstein anomaly

  • Morgan L. Brown, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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  • Joseph A. Dearani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Joseph A. Dearani, MD, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester MN 55905.
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  • Gordon K. Danielson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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  • Frank Cetta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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  • Heidi M. Connolly, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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  • Carole A. Warnes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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  • Zhuo Li, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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  • David O. Hodge, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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  • David J. Driscoll, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn
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  • Mayo Clinic Congenital Heart Center

Received 31 July 2007 ,Revised 28 February 2008 ,Accepted 28 February 2008.

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

PII: S0022-5223(08)00323-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.034

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 5 , Pages 1120-1136.e7 , May 2008

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