Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 295-299 , August 2007

Abnormal Right Ventricular Tissue Velocities After Repair of Congenital Heart Disease—Implications for Late Outcomes

  • Rajesh Puranik, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Kim Greaves, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Richard E. Hawker, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • Department of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital, Westmead, Australia
    • ,
  • Lynne A. Pressley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • Department of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital, Westmead, Australia
    • ,
  • Peter J. Robinson, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • Department of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital, Westmead, Australia
    • ,
  • David S. Celermajer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    • Department of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital, Westmead, Australia
    • The Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown 2050, NSW, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 95156519; fax: +61 2 95506262.

Received 12 September 2006 ,Revised 27 January 2007 ,Accepted 5 February 2007.

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PII: S1443-9506(07)00126-6

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.02.084

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 295-299 , August 2007

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