Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 272-274 , August 2006

Congenital Left Ventricular Diverticulum

  • Arjamand Shauq, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Alder Hey Royal Children Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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  • Vijay Agarwal, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Department of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Alder Hey Royal Children Hospital, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 151 2525635; fax: +44 151 2525643.
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  • Cinzia Crawley, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Radiology, Alder Hey Royal Children Hospital, Liverpool, UK

Received 21 June 2005 ,Revised 2 October 2005 ,Accepted 12 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.02.013

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