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Kingella-infective endocarditis resulting in a perforated aortic root abscess and fistulous connection between the sinus of Valsalva and the left atrium in a child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2010

Amichay Rotstein
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Igor E. Konstantinov
Affiliation:
Departments of Cardiac Surgery, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Daniel J. Penny*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
*
Correspondence to: Professor D. J. Penny, MD, PhD, FRACP, MHA, Director of Cardiology, The Royal Children’s Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Melbourne Australia. Tel: +613 93455922; Fax: +613 93456001; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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