The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1602-1608 , June 2010

Long-term follow-up, computed tomography, and computational fluid dynamics of the Cabrol procedure

  • Joseph Knight, MS

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Stephan Baumüller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Vartan Kurtcuoglu, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Marko Turina, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Juraj Turina, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Ulrich Schurr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Dimos Poulikakos, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • William Marshall Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla
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  • Hatem Alkadhi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Hatem Alkadhi, MD, Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114.

Received 23 July 2009 ,Revised 4 September 2009 ,Accepted 17 September 2009.

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 Supported by the National Center of Competence in Research, Computer Aided and Image Guided Medical Interventions of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01246-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.023

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1602-1608 , June 2010

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