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Anatomy, morphogenesis, diagnosis, management, and outcomes for neonates with common arterial trunk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

Michael Colon
Affiliation:
Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
Robert H. Anderson*
Affiliation:
Cardiac Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College, London, United Kingdom
Paul Weinberg
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Kathleen Mussatto
Affiliation:
Herma Heart Center, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Edward Bove
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Alan H. Friedman
Affiliation:
Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Robert H. Anderson, 60 Earlsfield Road, London SW18 3DN, United Kingdom; E-mail: r.anderson@ich.ucl.ac.uk

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