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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1580
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Problems in Per-Operative Secundum Atrial Septal Defect Device Closure: Our Experience

Mahadev D. Dixit, DNB, Kizakke K. Pradeep, MCh, Mohan Gan, MCh, Aruneshwari Dayal, MCh

Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, J.N. Medical College & KLES Hospital & MRC, Belgaum, Karnataka 590010, India

(Email: drmddixit@yahoo.com; dr_adayal@yahoo.com).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the article by Liang and colleagues [1] regarding surgical closure of the secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) with a device. The technique used by the authors is to be commended for its simplicity. We have used this technique in 3 patients ourselves, and we were able to successful close the defect in 2 patients. However we wish to raise a few issues.

1 No mention is made about the criterion used to select patients to undergo this procedure. Why were these . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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