Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 43-48 , May 2010

Consequences of a hypertensive right ventricle on left ventricular performance of patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum after right heart bypass surgery

  • Yoshihisa Tanoue

      Affiliations

    • Fukuoka Children's Hospital Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Kyushu University Hospital Heart Center, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. Tel.: +81 92 642 5557; fax: +81 92 642 5566.
    • ,
  • Hideaki Kado

      Affiliations

    • Fukuoka Children's Hospital Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Kyushu University Hospital Heart Center, Fukuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Tomoki Ushijima

      Affiliations

    • Fukuoka Children's Hospital Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Kyushu University Hospital Heart Center, Fukuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Ryuji Tominaga

      Affiliations

    • Kyushu University Hospital Heart Center, Fukuoka, Japan

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doi: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2010.02.004

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 43-48 , May 2010

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