The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 562-568 , March 2010

Outcomes of the bidirectional Glenn procedure in patients less than 3 months of age

  • Orlando Petrucci, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medical Science, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
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  • Philip R. Khoury, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Peter B. Manning, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3032.

Received 21 April 2009 ,Revised 2 July 2009 ,Accepted 10 August 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01079-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.08.025

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 562-568 , March 2010

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