The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 1211-1215 , May 2010

Hybrid procedure as an alternative to surgical palliation of high-risk infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and its variants

Received 24 March 2009 ,Revised 12 October 2009 ,Accepted 14 November 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01534-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.037

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 1211-1215 , May 2010

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