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The Fontan type procedure in patients with visceral heterotaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Hideki Uemura
Hideki Uemura*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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H. Uemura, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565–8565, Japan. Tel: (81) 6833-5012; Fax: (81) 6872-7486
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 1998 , pp. 419 - 422
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