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01-04-2015 | Case Report

First Successful Repair of an Aortico-to-right Ventricular Tunnel (ARVT) in d-Transposition of the Great Arteries with Aortic Valve Atresia and Ventricular Septal Defect

Authors: Robert Wagner, Marcel Vollroth, Ingo Daehnert, Martin Kostelka

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 4/2015

Abstract

The presented case reports on the first successful complex biventricular repair in a neonate with an aortico-to-right ventricular tunnel and dextrotransposition of the great arteries complicated by aortic atresia.

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Title: First Successful Repair of an Aortico-to-right Ventricular Tunnel (ARVT) in d-Transposition of the Great Arteries with Aortic Valve Atresia and Ventricular Septal Defect
Authors: Robert Wagner
Marcel Vollroth
Ingo Daehnert
Martin Kostelka
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-015-1123-7

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