The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 365-373, August 2009

Evaluation of a new hybrid technique for closure of muscular ventricular septal defects in a long-term setting

  • Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich Hospital—Großhadern, Munich, Germany
    • R.K.-F. and N.L. contributed equally to this article.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich Hospital—Großhadern, Marchioninistraße 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany.
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  • Nora Lang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich Hospital—Großhadern, Munich, Germany
    • R.K.-F. and N.L. contributed equally to this article.
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  • Anja Lehner, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich Hospital—Großhadern, Munich, Germany
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  • Matthias Sigler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
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  • Christoph Schmitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich Hospital—Großhadern, Munich, Germany
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  • Ralf Sodian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich Hospital—Großhadern, Munich, Germany
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  • Franz Freudenthal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kardiozentrum, La Paz, Bolivia
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  • Robert Dalla-Pozza, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich Hospital—Großhadern, Munich, Germany
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  • Nicolay V. Vasilyev, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • Pedro J. del Nido, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • Heinrich Netz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich Hospital—Großhadern, Munich, Germany

Received 8 October 2008; received in revised form 11 January 2009; accepted 9 February 2009. published online 30 April 2009.

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 Supported by Elterninitiative Großhadern eV and Heart for Heart Foundation, Munich, Germany. Philips Healthcare Nederland BV, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, provided the 3-dimensional echocardiography.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00345-6

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.02.014

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 365-373, August 2009

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