Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 236-242 , July 2009

Discrete subaortic membranes in adults—a clinicopathological analysis

  • Jagdish Butany

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital/University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pathology, 11E-421, Toronto General Hospital/University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4. Tel.: +1 416 340 3003; fax: +1 416 340 4213.
    • ,
  • Pradeep Vaideeswar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital/University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Cardiovascular and Thoracic Division, Department of Pathology, Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, India
    • ,
  • Tirone E. David

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Toronto General Hospital/University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 21 December 2006 ,Revised 20 February 2008 ,Accepted 26 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.06.013

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 236-242 , July 2009

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