Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 199-201 , March 1996

Morphology of the ventricular septal defect in two types of interrupted aortic arch

  • Alvin J. Chin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alvin J. Chin, MD, Cardiology Division, Children's Hospital, 34th St. & Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104.
    • From the Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • the Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • the Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Marshall L. Jacobs, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • the Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • the Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Congenital Heart Surgeons Society

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 199-201 , March 1996

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