The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages e31-e33 , March 2010

Ventricular septal defect repair in an infant with severe pulmonary hypertension and preoperatively diagnosed left ventricular noncompaction

  • Yuki Sasaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Tsukasa Ozawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Tsukasa Ozawa, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Omori-nishi 6–11–1, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 143-8541.
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  • Hiroyuki Matsuura, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Pediatrics, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Tsutomu Saji, MD, PhD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Pediatrics, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Takeshiro Fujii, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoshinori Watanabe, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Noritsugu Shiono, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoshinori Takanashi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Atami Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare, Sizuoka, Japan
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  • Nobuya Koyama, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

Received 22 May 2008 ,Accepted 19 September 2008.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01636-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.09.039

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages e31-e33 , March 2010

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