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An infant with transposition and cystic fibrosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2008

Amanda L. Cook*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Wake Forest, University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Kari L. Crawford
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Wake Forest, University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Derek A. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Wake Forest, University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Amanda L. Cook, MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States of America. Tel: (336) 716 3232; Fax: (336) 716 0533; E-mail: acook@wfubmc.edu

Abstract

We report an infant with transposition, with the circumflex artery arising from the right coronary artery, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis following the occurrence of meconium ileus in the postoperative period.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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