Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 188-189 , July 2008

A giant main pulmonary artery aneurysm associated with infundibular pulmonary stenosis

  • Shinro Matsuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2192, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 77 548 2213; fax: +81 77 543 5839.
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  • Yuichi Sato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Ryuji Higashida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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  • Shoichiro Shiraishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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  • Tohru Asai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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  • Ichiro Nakae

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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  • Minoru Horie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2192, Japan

Received 10 May 2006 ,Accepted 10 May 2006.

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PII: S1553-8389(06)00173-4

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2006.05.004

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 188-189 , July 2008

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