Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 45-58 , January 2010

Imaging complex congenital heart disease — functional single ventricle, the Glenn circulation and the Fontan circulation: A multimodality approach

  • David W. Brown

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States. Tel.: +1 617 355 6429; fax: +1 617 739 6282.
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  • Andrew J. Powell
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  • Tal Geva

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