Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 11-22 , 2006

Indications and Timing of Pulmonary Valve Replacement After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair

  • Tal Geva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Tal Geva, MD, Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115

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 This work was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH/NHLBI 1P50 HL074734-01)

PII: S1092-9126(06)00007-X

doi: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2006.02.009

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 11-22 , 2006