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The Fontan procedure: analysis of cohorts and late complications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Robert M. Freedom ,
Robert Hamilton ,
Shi-Joon Yoo ,
Haverj Mikailian ,
Lee Benson ,
Brian McCrindle ,
Henri Justino  and
W.G. Williams
Robert M. Freedom*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Cardiology; Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery, the University of TorontoFaculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery, the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada Medical Imaging, the Hospital for Sick Children; Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery, the University of TorontoFaculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada
Robert Hamilton
Affiliation:
Divisions of Cardiology; Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery, the University of TorontoFaculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada
Shi-Joon Yoo
Affiliation:
Medical Imaging, the Hospital for Sick Children; Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery, the University of TorontoFaculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada
Haverj Mikailian
Affiliation:
Medical Imaging, the Hospital for Sick Children; Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery, the University of TorontoFaculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada
Lee Benson
Affiliation:
Divisions of Cardiology; Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery, the University of TorontoFaculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada
Brian McCrindle
Affiliation:
Divisions of Cardiology; Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery, the University of TorontoFaculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada
Henri Justino
Affiliation:
Divisions of Cardiology; Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery, the University of TorontoFaculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada
W.G. Williams
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Surgery, the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada
*
Robert M Freedom, MD, FRCPC, Division of Cardiology, Room 1503, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaM5G 1X8, Tel: 416–8136132, Fax 416–8137547; E-mail: [email protected]
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , July 2000 , pp. 307 - 331
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