The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1673-1674 , June 2010

Reply to the Editor

  • Lakshmi P. Dasi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo
    • ,
  • Kartik Sundareswaran, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wallace H. Coulter School of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga
    • ,
  • Diane de Zelicourt, MS

      Affiliations

    • Wallace H. Coulter School of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga
    • ,
  • Kerem Pekkan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • Kevin Whitehead, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
    • ,
  • Shiva Sharma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatrics, Lawrenceville, Ga
    • ,
  • Kirk Kanter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
    • ,
  • Mark A. Fogel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
    • ,
  • Ajit P. Yoganathan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wallace H. Coulter School of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga

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PII: S0022-5223(10)00211-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.02.028

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1673-1674 , June 2010

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