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The early history of surgery for patients with tetralogy of Fallot

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

Marshall L. Jacobs*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Jeffrey P. Jacobs
Affiliation:
The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, All Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Tampa, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Cardiac Surgical Associates (CSA), Saint Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Marshall L. Jacobs MD, 6019 Goshen Road, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Tel: 1 610 356 2615; E-mail: marshall.jacobs@comcast.net

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