Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 168-171 , June 2006

Ventricular Septal Defect Closure in Right Coronary Cusp Prolapse and Aortic Regurgitation Complicating VSD in the Outlet Septum: Which Treatment is Most Appropriate?

  • Ge Jian-Jun, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 551 2922042; fax: +86 551 2922008.
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  • Shi Xue-Gong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Echocardiography, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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  • Zhou Ru-Yuan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China
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  • Lin Min

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China
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  • Ge Sheng-Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China
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  • Zhang Shi-Bing

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China
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  • Gao Qing-Yun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1st Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230022, China

Received 9 September 2004 ,Revised 2 June 2005 ,Accepted 10 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2005.10.006

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 168-171 , June 2006

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