The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 528-537 , September 2009

The Norwood procedure using a right ventricle–pulmonary artery conduit: Comparison of the right-sided versus left-sided conduit position

  • David J. Barron, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: David J. Barron, FRCS, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, United Kingdom.
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  • Andre Brooks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • John Stickley, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • Steven M. Woolley, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • Oliver Stümper, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • Timothy J. Jones, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • William J. Brawn, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Received 23 September 2008 ,Revised 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 13 May 2009.

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 Read at the Eighty-eighth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, Calif, May 10–14, 2008.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00693-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.004

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 528-537 , September 2009

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