Left main coronary artery atresia masquerading as dilated cardiomyopathy treated with aortic reimplantation
Ying-Jui Lin1, Chi-Di Liang, Sheung-Fat Ko
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Niao Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|October 11, 2005
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