The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 298-306 , August 2008

Myocardial revascularization in infants and children by means of coronary artery proximal patch arterioplasty or bypass grafting: A single-institution experience

  • Eric Bergoënd, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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  • Olivier Raisky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Alexandra Degandt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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  • Daniel Tamisier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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  • Daniel Sidi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Pascal Vouhé, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Pascal Vouhé, MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France.

Received 13 June 2007 ,Revised 5 February 2008 ,Accepted 26 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.

PII: S0022-5223(08)00651-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.02.059

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 298-306 , August 2008

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