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Aortic Dissection in the Adult Fontan with Aortic Root Enlargement

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, The Heart Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 700 Children’s Drive, 6th Floor EDU, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA

    Matthew Egan & Stephen C. Cook

  2. The Adolescent and Young Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, The Heart Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 700 Children’s Drive, 6th Floor EDU, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA

    Alistair Phillips & Stephen C. Cook

  3. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 700 Children’s Drive, 6th Floor EDU, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA

    Alistair Phillips

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Egan, M., Phillips, A. & Cook, S.C. Aortic Dissection in the Adult Fontan with Aortic Root Enlargement. Pediatr Cardiol 30, 562–563 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-009-9435-0

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