The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1387-1394.e3 , June 2010

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: Results of surgical repair of 100 patients at a single institution

Presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, June 27, 2009, Banff, AB, Canada.

  • Angela M. Kelle, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
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  • Carl L. Backer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Carl L. Backer, MD, Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children's Plaza, mc 22, Chicago, IL 60614.
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  • Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
    • ,
  • Sunjay Kaushal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill
    • ,
  • Constantine Mavroudis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 26 June 2009 ,Revised 8 December 2009 ,Accepted 8 February 2010.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00168-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.02.024

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1387-1394.e3 , June 2010

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