The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 141, Issue 1 , Pages 171-178 , January 2011

Rehabilitation of pulmonary artery in congenital unilateral absence of intrapericardial pulmonary artery

  • Gi Beom Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Ji Eun Ban, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, South Korea
    • ,
  • Eun Jung Bae, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Eun Jung Bae, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, 101 Daehang-Ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea.
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  • Chung Il Noh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Woong Han Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jeong Ryul Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Yong Jin Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

Received 13 March 2009 ,Revised 12 July 2009 ,Accepted 12 September 2009.

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 Disclosures: Authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.

 G.B.K. and J.E.B. contributed equally.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.072

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 141, Issue 1 , Pages 171-178 , January 2011

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