Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:824
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DR CHRISTOPHER J. KNOTT-CRAIG (Oklahoma City, OK): Thank you for sending the manuscript to me before this meeting. Over the past 18 months we too have had a change in attitude regarding patients with PDA: We have them admitted the day of the operation and employ a muscle-sparing minithoracotomy through which we obliterate the ductus. The patients return to the ward after the operation; we do not put in a chest . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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