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Pregnancy in atriopulmonary connection and total cavopulmonary connection – a comparison of two cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2011

Maryanne Caruana ,
Victor Grech  and
Jane Somerville
Maryanne Caruana*
Affiliation:
Grown Up Congenital Heart Disease Unit, The Heart Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Victor Grech
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Mater Dei Hospital, Birkirkara, Malta
Jane Somerville
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Mater Dei Hospital, Birkirkara, Malta
*
Correspondence to: Dr M. Caruana, Grown Up Congenital Heart Disease Unit, The Heart Hospital, 16-18, Westmoreland Street, London W1G 8PH, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)7803124778; Fax: +44 (0)2034564306; E-mail: caruana.maryanne@gmail.com
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Keywords

Cardiac defectscongenitaluniventricular circulationtricuspid atresia
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , 13 September 2012 , pp. 600 - 602
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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