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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:1132
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
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See also page 1126.
DR BABULAL SETHIA (Birmingham, England):
I enjoyed your paper very much, and we have had similar experience with these types of patients, but I have two questions. You said that you cannulate the pulmonary artery electively. However, in most of these patients, the ascending aorta is of good size and can be cannulated to undertake the operation, reducing some of the circulatory arrest time. Do you have any comments on that?
DR MOSCA:
The vast majority of these patients have small ascending aortas and concomitant aortic arch hypoplasia or coarctation. Thus, it can be difficult to
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