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Left ventricular aneurysm in the fetus: a diagnosis with a mixed prognosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Doff B. McElhinney  and
Norman H. Silverman
Doff B. McElhinney*
Affiliation:
Division of pediatric cardiology, University of California, san Francisco, USA
Norman H. Silverman
Affiliation:
Division of pediatric cardiology, University of California, san Francisco, USA
*
Doff B. McElhinney, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Blvd, Rm 9557, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel: (215)590-1000; Fax: (215)590-2768
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , March 1999 , pp. 123 - 126
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