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Atrioventricular septal defect—the need for a flexible surgical approach in a lesion with markedly individual features

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Yves Lecompte  and
Giancarlo Grupi
Yves Lecompte
Affiliation:
Centre Cardio- Thoracic de Monaco I lbis Avenue d'Ostende B.P. 223 MO 98004, Monaco Cedé Monte Carlo
Giancarlo Grupi
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo Largo Barozzi I 24100 Bergamo Italy
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Hearts with biventricular connections and deficient atrioventricular septation are readily recognizable from their characteristic morphology.1 As yet, however, there is still no consensus on precisely what to call them,2 how to categorize them, and, perhaps most importantly, how to approach their surgical repair.

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 261 - 263
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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