Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 248-255 , August 2006

Aortic Valve Repair for Congenital Abnormalities of the Aortic Valve

  • Mohammed A. Quader, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery/M41, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
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  • Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
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  • Athar M. Qureshi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
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  • Roger B.B. Mee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery/M41, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
    • ,
  • Muhammed A. Mumtaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery/M41, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
    • ,
  • Raja Joshi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery/M41, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
    • ,
  • Brian W. Duncan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery/M41, Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 216 444 9365; fax: +1 216 445 3692.

Received 30 July 2004 ,Revised 22 February 2006 ,Accepted 8 May 2006.

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☆ Presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL, 2002.

PII: S1443-9506(06)00112-0

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.05.005

Heart, Lung and Circulation
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