The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 6 , Pages 1342-1348, June 2009

Differential branch pulmonary artery growth after the Norwood procedure with right ventricle–pulmonary artery conduit versus modified Blalock–Taussig shunt in hypoplastic left heart syndrome

  • Jay D. Pruetz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. Division of Cardiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Jay D. Pruetz, MD, Division of Cardiology MS#34, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027.
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  • Sarah Badran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. Division of Cardiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
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  • Fred Dorey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
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  • Vaughn A. Starnes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
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  • Alan B. Lewis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. Division of Cardiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif

Received 5 June 2008; received in revised form 17 October 2008; accepted 9 March 2009.

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 Supported by the Paige Bronchick Clinical Scholar Fellowship Award.

 Read at the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Kona, Hawaii, June 25–28, 2008.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00417-6

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.019

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 6 , Pages 1342-1348, June 2009

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