The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages 325-329 , August 2010

Long-term follow-up after primary complete repair of common arterial trunk with homograft: A 40-year experience

  • Hunaid A. Vohra, FRCS (CTh)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • Robert N. Whistance, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • Alicia X. Chia, MB, ChB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • Vilius Janusauskas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • Nicholas Nikolaidis, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • Apostolos Roubelakis, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • Gruschen Veldtman, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • Kevin Roman, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • Joseph J. Vettukattil, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • James Gnanapragasam, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • Anthony P. Salmon, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • James L. Monro, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  • Marcus P. Haw, FRCS (CTh)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Marcus P. Haw, FRCS (CTh), Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wessex Cardiac Unit, Southampton University Hospital Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom.

Received 1 May 2009 ,Revised 27 November 2009 ,Accepted 20 December 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00222-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.12.052

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages 325-329 , August 2010

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