ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Initial experience with Pomerantzeff's technique for reduction of the size of giant left atrium

Jocerlano Santos de Sousa^I; Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff^II; Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão^III; Lisandro Azeredo Gonçalves^IV; Marcos Gradim Tiveron^V; Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira^VI; Flavio Tarasoutchi^VII; Noedir Antônio Groppo Stolf^VIII

DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20120046

^IResidency in general surgery, cardiovascular surgery resident at the Heart Institute, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (HC-InCor-USP), São Paulo, Brazil
^IIAssociate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), Director of the Surgical Unit of InCor-Heart Valve Diseases HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
^IIIDoctor of Medicine FMUSP; Physician Assistant at the Surgical Unit of InCor-Heart Valve Diseases HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
^IVMedical doctor and preceptor of the residency program in cardiovascular surgery FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
^VCardiovascular Surgeon, Sao Paulo, Brazil
^VIPostdoctoral degree at Tufts University NEMC in Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Physician Assistant in the Department of Echocardiography, InCor-HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
^VIIPhD, Medical Assistant of the Clinical Division of InCor-HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
^VIIIFull Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, FMUSP, Director of Surgery Division of InCor-HCFMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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Jocerlano Santos de Sousa Alameda Franca, 1645/23 - Jardim Paulista São Paulo, SP, Brasil - CEP 01422-001 E-mail: jocerlanosousa@hotmail.com