Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 35-43 , January 2010

Transposition of the Great Vessels — The arterial switch operation, the atrial switch operation, the coronaries

  • Taylor Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, 747 52nd Street, Oakland, California 94705, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Rajesh Krishnamurthy

      Affiliations

    • Edward B Singleton Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    • Baylor College of Medicine, USA
    • ,
  • Lorna Browne

      Affiliations

    • Edward B Singleton Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    • Baylor College of Medicine, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2009.10.005

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 35-43 , January 2010

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