Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 187-204 , September 2006

Right ventricle to coronary artery connections (fistulae) in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: Clinical and histopathological correlations

  • Ursula Sauer

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Kinderkardiologie und angeborene Herzfehler und Experimentelle Chirurgie, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Klinik für Kinderkardiologie und angeborene Herzfehler Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München Lazarettstrasse 36, D-80636 München, Germany.
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  • Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Werner Heimisch

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Kinderkardiologie und angeborene Herzfehler und Experimentelle Chirurgie, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • ,
  • Lutz Bindl

      Affiliations

    • Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde, Universität Bonn, Germany

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doi: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2006.07.009

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 187-204 , September 2006

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