The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 1283-1289, December 2009

Morphologic spectrum of truncal valvar origin relative to the ventricular septum: Correlation with the size of ventricular septal defect

  • Iki Adachi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Morphology Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Anna Seale, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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  • Hideki Uemura, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Karen P. McCarthy, BS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Morphology Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Philip Kimberley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Governance, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Siew Yen Ho, PhD, FRCPath, FESC

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Morphology Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Siew Yen Ho, PhD, FRCPath, FESC, Cardiac Morphology Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Guy Scadding Building, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, United Kingdom.

Received 20 January 2009; received in revised form 31 March 2009; accepted 15 May 2009.

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 This study is supported by the Francis Fontan prize of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery awarded to Iki Adachi and a grant from The Uehara Memorial Foundation. The Cardiac Morphology Unit receives funding from the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital Charitable Fund.

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00710-7

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.009

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 1283-1289, December 2009

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