The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 911-916 , October 2009

Long-term results of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in neonatal cardiac surgery: Options and outcomes

Received 23 June 2008 ,Revised 16 September 2008 ,Accepted 13 October 2008.

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

PII: S0022-5223(09)00862-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.10.058

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 911-916 , October 2009

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