The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1160-1166, November 2009

The potential of disproportionate growth of tricuspid valve after decompression of the right ventricle in patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septa

  • Shu-Chien Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Kozo Ishino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
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  • Shingo Kasahara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
    • ,
  • Ko Yoshizumi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuhiro Kotani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
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  • Shunji Sano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Shunji Sano, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.

Received 24 October 2008; received in revised form 26 February 2009; accepted 15 May 2009.

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 Shu-Chien Huang was supported by a grant from National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, for study in Okayama, Japan, from April 2006 to September 2006.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00713-2

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.015

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1160-1166, November 2009

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