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The significance of ventriculo-coronary arterial connections in the setting of pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2005

Robert M. Freedom
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Cardiac Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children and Departments of Paediatrics, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Medical Imaging, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert H. Anderson
Affiliation:
Cardiac Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College, London, United Kingdom
Don Perrin
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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