The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 135-138 , January 2010

The significance of pulmonary annulus size in the surgical management of transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis

  • Chun Soo Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Dong-Man Seo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Dong-Man Seo, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Poongnap-Dong, Songpa-Ku, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 138-736.
    • ,
  • Jeong-Jun Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Young Hwue Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • In-Sook Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Received 18 January 2009 ,Revised 19 May 2009 ,Accepted 8 July 2009.

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PII: S0022-5223(09)00905-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.011

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 135-138 , January 2010

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