The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 933-936, October 2009

Minimally invasive operation for congenital heart disease: A sex-differentiated approach

  • Vladimiro L. Vida, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Massimo A. Padalino, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Giovanna Boccuzzo, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Altin A. Veshti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Simone Speggiorin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Gianclaudio Falasco, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Giovanni Stellin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Giovanni Stellin, MD, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128–Padua, Italy.

Received 22 September 2008; received in revised form 14 January 2009; accepted 8 March 2009.

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PII: S0022-5223(09)00421-8

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.015

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 933-936, October 2009