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The “wall-to-wall” heart in the patient with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2006

Robert M. Freedom ,
Edgar Jaeggi ,
Don Perrin ,
Shi-joon Yoo  and
Robert H. Anderson
Robert M. Freedom
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, the Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics and Pathology, the University of Toronto, Canada Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics and Pathology, the University of Toronto, Canada
Edgar Jaeggi
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, the Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics and Pathology, the University of Toronto, Canada
Don Perrin
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics and Pathology, the University of Toronto, Canada
Shi-joon Yoo
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, the Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics and Pathology, the University of Toronto, Canada Division of Radiology, the Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics and Pathology, the University of Toronto, Canada
Robert H. Anderson
Affiliation:
Cardiac Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, United Kingdom
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Keywords

Ebstein's malformationtricuspid regurgitationUhl's anomaly of the right ventricle
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Continuing Medical Education
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 18 - 29
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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