The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 501-503 , February 2010

Heart transplantation in situs inversus totalis

  • Tobias Deuse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Tobias Deuse, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Dr, CVRB MC 5407, Stanford, CA 94305.
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  • Bruce A. Reitz, MD

Received 9 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 December 2008.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(08)02252-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.011

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 501-503 , February 2010

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