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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:578
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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See also page 573.

DR ERIC L. CEITHAML (Jacksonville, FL):

Doctor Knott-Craig, I congratulate you on a nice presentation. I noticed that in your comparative analysis of variables you failed to include multiple VSDs. It is our impression that this is a more difficult group with a higher surgical mortality. How many patients in your series had multiple VSDs, and were they equally matched between the two subgroups?

DR KNOTT-CRAIG:

Our data showed that multiple VSDs are both univariately and multivariately associated with increased mortality in this cohort of patients. There were . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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