Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:213
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Original article: Cardiovascular
Invited commentary
Emile A. Bacha, MD
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115
(Email: emile.bacha@cardio.chboston.org).
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The present article by Sachweh and colleagues [1] is important because it is a rare series of adult atrial septal defect (ASD) patients that were worked up and studied in a systematic manner at a single institution using preoperative catheterization and lung biopsy at the time of repair in all patients. This allowed the authors to perform some valid, albeit . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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